Planning appeal decision
1 Parsonage Street, Wistow, Huntingdon, PE28 2QD
Planning appeal 3341240 at 1 Parsonage Street, Wistow, Huntingdon, PE28 2QD (Huntingdonshire District Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2024 by Inspector McDonagh C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 2 is reasonable and necessary to preserve the character and appearance of the area, including the Wistow Conservation Area, the setting of nearby listed buildings and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers.
Change of use from agricultural land to residential garden extension (retrospective)
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- McDonagh C
- Postcode
- PE28 2QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 2 is reasonable and necessary to preserve the character and appearance of the area, including the Wistow Conservation Area, the setting of nearby listed buildings and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
What decided it
The appeal site's significant positive contribution to the character and appearance of the Wistow Conservation Area and the setting of nearby listed buildings through its rural character means condition 2 restricting permitted development rights is reasonable and necessary to preserve these heritage assets.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP10LP11LP12LP14LP34
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Huntingdonshire
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Allowed7 October 20266009048Land South Of Lodel Farm Overcote Lane, Needingworth, Huntingdon, PE27 4TN
- Dismissed29 September 20266008987Land South Of 2 Leighton Road, Hamerton, PE28 5QR
- Dismissed25 September 20266011882Merienda, Greenhill Road, Elton, PE8 6SA
- Allowed25 September 2026601136215 High Street, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, PE28 4JP
- Allowed25 September 2026601076615 High Street, Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon, PE28 4JP
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®