Dormer, hip-to-gable and mansard loft conversion drawings for Bedhampton homes — prepared to Havant Borough Council's design guidance, delivered in days and revised free until your decision lands, with a free approval-odds score first.
Havant Borough Council granted 95% of the householder planning decisions it made in its latest published year — 8 points above the 87% England-wide householder average. Bedhampton contains Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton, Old Bedhampton conservation areas (Brockhampton designated 2026), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, which is where a policy-literate drawing pack earns its keep. Its dominant interwar (1918–1939) and postwar (1945–1970) housing stock sets the design brief on most streets.
Class A and Class B set the thresholds — a rear dormer to 40m³ on a terrace or 50m³ on a semi or detached, and a single-storey rear extension to 3m on a terrace or 4m on a detached house — beyond which Havant Borough Council needs a full application. Bedhampton carries at least one Article 4 direction, and conservation areas including Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton and Old Bedhampton remove those rights outright, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in Bedhampton is determined against an 8-week statutory target.
Brockhampton (conservation area designated in 2026), Old Bedhampton (conservation area designated in 2026), Old Bedhampton (conservation area designated in 2026) and The Black Dog (conservation area designated in 2026) — these are the Bedhampton pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton, Old Bedhampton and The Black Dog. Havant Borough Council weighs each proposal against Havant Borough Council's adopted local plan and its householder design guidance, where the 4,790 homes here are 43% 1955-1964, 14% 1945-1954, 7% 1930-1939, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. On roofs the borough is shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building and simple gabled and hipped roofs typical of early postwar building, over late-1950s and early-1960s houses (43% of 4,790 homes), early postwar houses (14%) and 1930s semi-detached and detached houses (7%).
Heritage designation is the single biggest variable in Bedhampton, and it is address-specific: Brockhampton (conservation area designated in 2026), Old Bedhampton (conservation area designated in 2026), Old Bedhampton (conservation area designated in 2026) and The Black Dog (conservation area designated in 2026). Inside those boundaries permitted development is curtailed and Havant Borough Council assesses materials, window detail and roof form against the area's own appraisal, so a scheme that would be waved through two streets away can need a full application here.
Havant Borough Council has 6 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Bedhampton.
On stock, Bedhampton is late-1950s and early-1960s houses (43% of 4,790 homes), early postwar houses (14%) and 1930s semi-detached and detached houses (7%) — which is why shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building and simple gabled and hipped roofs typical of early postwar building govern what a loft or rear projection can realistically be. Havant Borough Council decided 286 householder applications in the latest published year and granted 95%, with 31% issued inside the eight-week target. We work from the council's own published record.
The full build-period split for Bedhampton runs pre-1900 3% (140 homes), 1900-1918 2% (80 homes), 1919-1929 2% (100 homes), 1930-1939 7% (340 homes), 1945-1954 14% (670 homes), 1955-1964 43% (2,070 homes), 1965-1972 4% (190 homes), 1973-1982 1% (30 homes), 1983-1992 3% (140 homes), 1993-1999 1% (70 homes) and 2000-2008 3% (150 homes). That distribution is why pre-1900 detailing dominates the drawings here, and it is measured from council-tax records rather than assumed from the street name.
Havant Borough Council also decides for Havant St Faith's and Hayling West, so a decision in Bedhampton sits inside a wider pattern of decisions we track across the same authority — useful when an officer cites a precedent from the next area over.
The Article 4 directions recorded for this council include 0164B1, 0164B2, 0164B3 and 2967. Each removes a specific permitted-development right inside its own boundary, which is why the check is done on the address rather than on the town.
Published figures for Bedhampton and Havant Borough Council. These are the numbers that decide what is realistic on your street, so we work from them rather than from national averages.
| Measure | Bedhampton |
|---|---|
| Dwellings recorded | 4,790 |
| Built pre-1900 | 140 (3%) |
| Built 1900-1918 | 80 (2%) |
| Built 1919-1929 | 100 (2%) |
| Built 1930-1939 | 340 (7%) |
| Built 1945-1954 | 670 (14%) |
| Built 1955-1964 | 2,070 (43%) |
| Built 1965-1972 | 190 (4%) |
| Built 1973-1982 | 30 (1%) |
| Built 1983-1992 | 140 (3%) |
| Built 1993-1999 | 70 (1%) |
| Built 2000-2008 | 150 (3%) |
| Built before 1919 | 5% |
| Built 1919–1939 | 9% |
| Built 1945–2008 | 69% |
| Conservation areas in Bedhampton | 4 (Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton…) |
| Conservation areas district-wide | 15 |
| Article 4 directions recorded | 6 |
| Householder applications decided | 286 |
| Householder applications granted | 95% |
| Decided within 8 weeks | 31% |
Dwelling stock from VOA council-tax data at 31 March 2025; conservation-area and Article 4 counts from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG); decision figures are Havant Borough Council's own, from MHCLG live table PS2 for the year to 31 March 2026.
Bedhampton's roofs set the brief. The borough is built largely from late-1950s and early-1960s houses (43% of 4,790 homes), early postwar houses (14%) and 1930s semi-detached and detached houses (7%), and its lofts sit under shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building and simple gabled and hipped roofs typical of early postwar building — the geometry that decides whether a rear dormer, a hip-to-gable or a mansard gives you the headroom you want. Havant Borough Council assesses loft proposals against Havant Borough Council's adopted local plan and its householder design guidance, and its case officers read each roof against the pair next door and the wider street before they read the plans.
That makes drawing quality decisive. We measure ridge and eaves heights, roof pitch and the existing stair, calculate the added volume against the permitted-development limits exactly, and show the workings on the drawings so Havant Borough Council can verify them. Bedhampton contains Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton, Old Bedhampton conservation areas (Brockhampton designated 2026), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, so we resolve it on the page rather than leave it for the case officer to raise.
Bedhampton also carries protected streets — Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton, Old Bedhampton and The Black Dog among them. Havant Borough Council has 6 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Bedhampton. We check your address against those designations before a line is drawn.
Many Bedhampton loft conversions proceed without planning permission — a rear dormer within the permitted-development volume limits (40 cubic metres on a terrace, 50 on a semi or detached house) is usually lawful. You will normally need a full application to Havant Borough Council if any of these apply:
We draw the roof line, the ridge height and the neighbour's daylight on the page — the relationships Havant Borough Council's officers check first — and submit a validation-complete pack, whether that is a lawful development certificate or a full householder application.
Below is Havant Borough Council's real householder decision record, pulled from official planning statistics and updated as new data lands. Havant Borough Council granted 95% of its householder applications in the year to 31 March 2026, and Brockhampton shapes what is approved here. Professionally prepared loft drawings anticipate those pressure points before submission, which is why complete, policy-literate packs are decided faster and refused less often than DIY applications.
Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (householder decisions, England, 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026). Compare every borough on our London approval-rate league table.
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Across Brockhampton, Old Bedhampton and Old Bedhampton, the recurring loft is the rear dormer — a box across the back roof slope that turns a cramped attic into a full-height double bedroom and en-suite. On shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building, that is usually the most efficient use of the roof; where the stock is simple gabled and hipped roofs typical of early postwar building, a hip-to-gable followed by a rear dormer unlocks far more space, though it needs a full application.
The 4,790 homes here are 43% 1955-1964, 14% 1945-1954, 7% 1930-1939, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. We draw the dormer inside the volume allowance, keep the flat-roof build-up below the ridge, and set the face back from the eaves as the rules require — so the pack answers Havant Borough Council's questions before they are asked. Where permitted-development rights are exhausted or removed, we prepare a householder application composed to the borough's roof-alteration guidance instead.
We draw loft conversions on every street in the borough. A few of the neighbourhoods where Bedhampton roofs come up most often:
Loft conversion drawings for Brockhampton's conservation area designated in 2026 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Old Bedhampton's conservation area designated in 2026 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Old Bedhampton's conservation area designated in 2026 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for The Black Dog's conservation area designated in 2026 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
The right loft in Bedhampton depends on your roof. This is how the main types compare on planning route and the space they add.
| Loft type | Permitted development? | Space & headroom | What Havant Borough Council checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear dormer | Usually yes, within volume limits | Full-height double room at the back | Volume, set-back from eaves, ridge height |
| Hip-to-gable | No — full application | Extends the whole side of the roof | Roof bulk and the symmetry of the pair |
| Mansard | No — full application | Maximum floor area across the roof | Street character, especially in conservation areas |
| Rooflights only | Usually yes (Class C) | Light and headroom, no extra footprint | Whether rooflights sit within the existing slope |
Route depends on your street — conservation areas such as Brockhampton and Old Bedhampton and Article 4 directions can remove permitted-development rights.
A fixed process built around how Havant Borough Council validates and decides householder loft applications — most drawings are submission-ready within seven days of survey.
Tell us your Bedhampton postcode and roof type. We confirm your conservation and Article 4 status, how much permitted-development volume you have left, and score your odds against live Havant Borough Council decisions.
We measure ridge and eaves heights, roof pitch, joist levels and the existing stair — the numbers the volume calculation and head heights depend on.
Chartered designers develop the dormer, hip-to-gable or mansard to your brief, drawn inside the Class B limits or to Havant Borough Council's roof-alteration guidance.
We submit the certificate or application, manage validation and case-officer queries, and revise the drawings free until Havant Borough Council issues its decision.
Often not. A rear dormer within 40 cubic metres on a terrace, or 50 on a semi-detached or detached house, set back from the eaves and no higher than the ridge, is usually permitted development. In Bedhampton the main exceptions are hip-to-gable conversions, dormers visible from the highway, and homes in conservation areas such as Brockhampton and Old Bedhampton or on streets with an Article 4 direction. Havant Borough Council is the decision-maker.
Generally no. In conservation areas including Brockhampton and Old Bedhampton, Class B permitted-development rights for lofts are removed, so a rear dormer that would be lawful elsewhere needs a full application to Havant Borough Council. Havant Borough Council has 6 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Bedhampton. We check your exact address before drawing.
On shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building, common across Bedhampton, a rear dormer is usually the most efficient conversion and often permitted development. Where the roof is simple gabled and hipped roofs typical of early postwar building, a hip-to-gable followed by a rear dormer gains far more usable space but needs planning permission. Our survey confirms which your roof supports before we draw. Havant Borough Council is the decision-maker.
A householder planning application in Bedhampton runs to a statutory eight-week target, and a lawful development certificate to eight weeks as well, though validation can add time if the pack is incomplete. We submit validation-complete drawings and manage case-officer queries to keep the decision on track. Havant Borough Council is the decision-maker.
If your dormer is permitted development, a lawful development certificate from Havant Borough Council is council-stamped proof of that — worth having, because every buyer's solicitor will ask for it when you sell. We prepare and submit the certificate application with the same drawing pack. This applies to your Bedhampton address specifically.
Every roof is different, so we quote each Bedhampton project individually — a fixed, no-obligation price back within one working day. The quote covers the full drawing pack with free revisions until Havant Borough Council approves, and we tell you upfront whether your loft qualifies as permitted development. Call 020 7864 7245 to start.
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