Dormer, hip-to-gable and mansard loft conversion drawings for Oakley & The Candovers homes — prepared to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's design guidance, delivered in days and revised free until your decision lands, with a free approval-odds score first.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council granted 96% of the householder planning decisions it made in its latest published year — 9 points above the 87% England-wide householder average. Oakley & The Candovers contains Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover, Church Oakley conservation areas (Bradley designated 1992), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, which is where a policy-literate drawing pack earns its keep. Its dominant Victorian (1837–1901) and postwar (1945–1970) housing stock sets the design brief on most streets.
Before permission is required, Class B allows 40m³ of added loft volume on a terrace and 50m³ on a semi or detached house, and Class A allows a 3m single-storey rear extension on a terrace or 4m on a detached house. Oakley & The Candovers carries at least one Article 4 direction, and conservation areas including Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover and Church Oakley remove those rights outright, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in Oakley & The Candovers is determined against an 8-week statutory target.
Bradley (conservation area designated in 1992), Brown and Chilton Candover (conservation area designated in 1981), Church Oakley (conservation area designated in 1976), Deane (conservation area designated in 1992), Dummer (conservation area designated in 1981), Ellisfield (conservation area designated in 1989), North Waltham (conservation area designated in 1981), Preston Candover (conservation area designated in 1981), Steventon (conservation area designated in 1992), Bradley (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers), Candovers (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers), Deane (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers), Dummer (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers), Ellisfield (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers) and Farleigh Wallop (civil parish within Oakley & The Candovers) — these are the Oakley & The Candovers pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover, Church Oakley, Deane, Dummer, Ellisfield, North Waltham, Preston Candover and Steventon. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council weighs each proposal against Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's adopted local plan and its householder design guidance, where the 4,890 homes here are 18% 1973-1982, 17% 1965-1972, 12% pre-1900, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. On roofs the borough is shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building and shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building, over 1970s and early-1980s houses (18% of 4,890 homes), late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17%) and Victorian and earlier houses (12%).
What is permitted in Oakley & The Candovers turns on designation first, so that is where we start: Bradley (conservation area designated in 1992), Brown and Chilton Candover (conservation area designated in 1981), Church Oakley (conservation area designated in 1976), Deane (conservation area designated in 1992), Dummer (conservation area designated in 1981), Ellisfield (conservation area designated in 1989), North Waltham (conservation area designated in 1981), Preston Candover (conservation area designated in 1981) and Steventon (conservation area designated in 1992). Inside those boundaries permitted development is curtailed and Basingstoke and Deane 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.
Beyond the designated areas, Oakley & The Candovers takes in Bradley, Candovers, Deane, Dummer, Ellisfield and Farleigh Wallop. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has 3 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Oakley & The Candovers.
On stock, Oakley & The Candovers is 1970s and early-1980s houses (18% of 4,890 homes), late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17%) and Victorian and earlier houses (12%) — which is why shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building and shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building govern what a loft or rear projection can realistically be. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council decided 616 householder applications in the latest published year and granted 96%, with 59% issued inside the eight-week target. We draw to that record rather than to a national average.
The full build-period split for Oakley & The Candovers runs pre-1900 12% (570 homes), 1900-1918 2% (90 homes), 1919-1929 0% (20 homes), 1930-1939 3% (160 homes), 1945-1954 5% (230 homes), 1955-1964 5% (230 homes), 1965-1972 17% (850 homes), 1973-1982 18% (870 homes), 1983-1992 4% (210 homes), 1993-1999 2% (90 homes) and 2000-2008 2% (120 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.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council also decides for Basing & Upton Grey, Bramley, Evingar, Tadley & Pamber and Winklebury & Manydown, so a decision in Oakley & The Candovers 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 Basing View, Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John. and Chineham Business Park and Hampshire International Business Park. 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 Oakley & The Candovers and Basingstoke and Deane 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 | Oakley & The Candovers |
|---|---|
| Dwellings recorded | 4,890 |
| Built pre-1900 | 570 (12%) |
| Built 1900-1918 | 90 (2%) |
| Built 1919-1929 | 20 (0%) |
| Built 1930-1939 | 160 (3%) |
| Built 1945-1954 | 230 (5%) |
| Built 1955-1964 | 230 (5%) |
| Built 1965-1972 | 850 (17%) |
| Built 1973-1982 | 870 (18%) |
| Built 1983-1992 | 210 (4%) |
| Built 1993-1999 | 90 (2%) |
| Built 2000-2008 | 120 (2%) |
| Built before 1919 | 13% |
| Built 1919–1939 | 4% |
| Built 1945–2008 | 53% |
| Conservation areas in Oakley & The Candovers | 9 (Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover…) |
| Conservation areas district-wide | 43 |
| Article 4 directions recorded | 3 |
| Householder applications decided | 616 |
| Householder applications granted | 96% |
| Decided within 8 weeks | 59% |
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 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's own, from MHCLG live table PS2 for the year to 31 March 2026.
Oakley & The Candovers's roofs set the brief. The borough is built largely from 1970s and early-1980s houses (18% of 4,890 homes), late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17%) and Victorian and earlier houses (12%), and its lofts sit under shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building and shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building — the geometry that decides whether a rear dormer, a hip-to-gable or a mansard gives you the headroom you want. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council assesses loft proposals against Basingstoke and Deane 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 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council can verify them. Oakley & The Candovers contains Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover, Church Oakley conservation areas (Bradley designated 1992), 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.
Oakley & The Candovers also carries protected streets — Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover, Church Oakley, Deane, Dummer, Ellisfield, North Waltham, Preston Candover and Steventon among them. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has 3 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Oakley & The Candovers. We check your address against those designations before a line is drawn.
Many Oakley & The Candovers 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 Basingstoke and Deane 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 Basingstoke and Deane 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 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's real householder decision record, pulled from official planning statistics and updated as new data lands. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council granted 96% of its householder applications in the year to 31 March 2026, and Bradley 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 Bradley, Brown and Chilton Candover and Church Oakley, 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 trussed roofs typical of 1970s building, that is usually the most efficient use of the roof; where the stock is shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building, a hip-to-gable followed by a rear dormer unlocks far more space, though it needs a full application.
The 4,890 homes here are 18% 1973-1982, 17% 1965-1972, 12% pre-1900, 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 Basingstoke and Deane 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 Oakley & The Candovers roofs come up most often:
Loft conversion drawings for Bradley's conservation area designated in 1992 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Brown and Chilton Candover's conservation area designated in 1981 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Church Oakley's conservation area designated in 1976 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Deane's conservation area designated in 1992 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Dummer's conservation area designated in 1981 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
Loft conversion drawings for Ellisfield's conservation area designated in 1989 — measured, volume-checked and drawn to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's guidance.
The right loft in Oakley & The Candovers 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 Basingstoke and Deane 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 Bradley and Brown and Chilton Candover and Article 4 directions can remove permitted-development rights.
A fixed process built around how Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council validates and decides householder loft applications — most drawings are submission-ready within seven days of survey.
Tell us your Oakley & The Candovers 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 Basingstoke and Deane 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 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's roof-alteration guidance.
We submit the certificate or application, manage validation and case-officer queries, and revise the drawings free until Basingstoke and Deane 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 Oakley & The Candovers the main exceptions are hip-to-gable conversions, dormers visible from the highway, and homes in conservation areas such as Bradley and Brown and Chilton Candover or on streets with an Article 4 direction. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is the decision-maker.
Generally no. In conservation areas including Bradley and Brown and Chilton Candover, Class B permitted-development rights for lofts are removed, so a rear dormer that would be lawful elsewhere needs a full application to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has 3 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Oakley & The Candovers. We check your exact address before drawing.
On shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building, common across Oakley & The Candovers, a rear dormer is usually the most efficient conversion and often permitted development. Where the roof is shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's 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. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is the decision-maker.
A householder planning application in Oakley & The Candovers 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. Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is the decision-maker.
If your dormer is permitted development, a lawful development certificate from Basingstoke and Deane 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 Oakley & The Candovers address specifically.
Every roof is different, so we quote each Oakley & The Candovers project individually — a fixed, no-obligation price back within one working day. The quote covers the full drawing pack with free revisions until Basingstoke and Deane 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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