Side-return infill drawings for Havant St Faith's terraces — the glazed extension that fills the redundant side alley and opens up the kitchen, drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance, delivered in days and revised free until your decision, with a free approval-odds check 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. Havant St Faith's contains Langstone, Lymbourn Road, Mill Lane conservation areas (Langstone 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 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. Havant St Faith's carries at least one Article 4 direction, and conservation areas including Langstone, Lymbourn Road and Mill Lane remove those rights outright, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in Havant St Faith's is determined against an 8-week statutory target.
Langstone (conservation area designated in 2026), Lymbourn Road (conservation area designated in 2026), Mill Lane (conservation area designated in 2026), St Faith's (conservation area designated in 2026), Wade Court (conservation area designated in 2026) and Warblington (conservation area designated in 2026) — these are the Havant St Faith's pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Langstone, Lymbourn Road, Mill Lane, St Faith's, Wade Court and Warblington. Havant Borough Council weighs each proposal against the adopted Havant local plan and Havant Borough Council's design guidance for householder work, where the 5,420 homes here are 17% 1965-1972, 15% 1955-1964, 11% 1973-1982, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. On roofs the borough is shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building and shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building, over late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17% of 5,420 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (15%) and 1970s and early-1980s houses (11%).
Heritage designation is the single biggest variable in Havant St Faith's, and it is address-specific: Langstone (conservation area designated in 2026), Lymbourn Road (conservation area designated in 2026), Mill Lane (conservation area designated in 2026), St Faith's (conservation area designated in 2026), Wade Court (conservation area designated in 2026) and Warblington (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 Havant St Faith's.
On stock, Havant St Faith's is late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17% of 5,420 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (15%) and 1970s and early-1980s houses (11%) — which is why shallow-pitched roofs and integral garages typical of that period's building and shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's 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 Havant St Faith's runs pre-1900 10% (540 homes), 1900-1918 4% (190 homes), 1919-1929 3% (180 homes), 1930-1939 3% (140 homes), 1945-1954 4% (220 homes), 1955-1964 15% (790 homes), 1965-1972 17% (900 homes), 1973-1982 11% (590 homes), 1983-1992 5% (280 homes), 1993-1999 9% (480 homes) and 2000-2008 3% (180 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 Bedhampton and Hayling West, so a decision in Havant St Faith's 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 Havant St Faith's 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 | Havant St Faith's |
|---|---|
| Dwellings recorded | 5,420 |
| Built pre-1900 | 540 (10%) |
| Built 1900-1918 | 190 (4%) |
| Built 1919-1929 | 180 (3%) |
| Built 1930-1939 | 140 (3%) |
| Built 1945-1954 | 220 (4%) |
| Built 1955-1964 | 790 (15%) |
| Built 1965-1972 | 900 (17%) |
| Built 1973-1982 | 590 (11%) |
| Built 1983-1992 | 280 (5%) |
| Built 1993-1999 | 480 (9%) |
| Built 2000-2008 | 180 (3%) |
| Built before 1919 | 13% |
| Built 1919–1939 | 6% |
| Built 1945–2008 | 63% |
| Conservation areas in Havant St Faith's | 6 (Langstone, Lymbourn Road…) |
| 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.
The side return is the classic terrace fix, and Havant St Faith's has the stock for it — the borough is built largely from late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17% of 5,420 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (15%) and 1970s and early-1980s houses (11%), and the Victorian and Edwardian versions almost all have an L-shaped back addition with a wasted alley beside it. Fill that alley and the dark galley kitchen becomes a bright, square room the full width of the house. Havant Borough Council judges the infill against the adopted Havant local plan and Havant Borough Council's design guidance for householder work, and because it runs along the party boundary, the neighbour relationship is read before the design.
That boundary is where the drawings earn their keep. We set the infill wall on or up to the line, keep the roof — usually a glazed lantern or a shallow pitch tying into the existing back-addition slope — below the neighbour's first-floor windows, and detail the rainwater and party-wall junction so the build is watertight and the Party Wall Act is satisfied. Havant St Faith's contains Langstone, Lymbourn Road, Mill Lane conservation areas (Langstone designated 2026), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, so we resolve it on the section rather than leave it to the case officer.
Many of Havant St Faith's's terraces sit in conservation areas — Langstone, Lymbourn Road, Mill Lane, St Faith's, Wade Court and Warblington among them — where a side extension is no longer permitted development. Havant Borough Council has 6 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Havant St Faith's. We confirm the designation before a line is drawn.
Some single-storey side returns in Havant St Faith's are permitted development, but the width and boundary make an application more likely than for a straight rear extension. You will normally need to apply to Havant Borough Council if any of these apply:
We draw the infill wall on the boundary, the glazed roof below the neighbour's windows and the party-wall junction on the page — the details Havant Borough Council's officers and your neighbour both check — 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, drawn from official planning statistics and refreshed as new data lands. Havant Borough Council granted 95% of its householder applications in the year to 31 March 2026, and Langstone shapes what is approved here. Side returns hinge on width, roof glazing and the party boundary, so a pack that resolves those details upfront is decided faster and refused less often than a DIY submission.
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 Langstone, Lymbourn Road and Mill Lane, the approved side return is a single-storey infill roofed with a glazed lantern or roof light to pull daylight deep into the plan, its flank wall built on the boundary and finished to match the host brick. On the borough's late-1960s and early-1970s houses (17% of 5,420 homes), this is frequently the single biggest gain in usable ground-floor space, and where it stays within the width and height limits it can proceed under permitted development or a lawful development certificate.
The 5,420 homes here are 17% 1965-1972, 15% 1955-1964, 11% 1973-1982, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. We keep the glazed roof below the neighbour's cill line, set the gutter and the party-wall flashing so water and maintenance are designed in, and — where owners want the full open-plan room — pair the infill with a rear extension as a single wraparound application. That way Havant Borough Council sees one coherent scheme rather than two overlapping ones.
We draw side-return infills on every terraced street in the borough. A few of the neighbourhoods where Havant St Faith's side returns come up most often:
Side return extension drawings for Langstone's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Side return extension drawings for Lymbourn Road's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Side return extension drawings for Mill Lane's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Side return extension drawings for St Faith's's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Side return extension drawings for Wade Court's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Side return extension drawings for Warblington's conservation area designated in 2026 — width-checked, party-wall detailed and drawn to Havant Borough Council's guidance.
Whether a side return in Havant St Faith's needs permission comes down to width, storeys and whether the street is designated. This is how the cases compare.
| Side return type | Permitted development? | What it gains | What Havant Borough Council checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-storey infill, within limits | Often yes, if under half the house width | Full-width kitchen-diner | Width, 4m height, roof glazing |
| Single-storey, over half width | No — full application | Wider room, more light | Boundary treatment, neighbour amenity |
| Two-storey side return | No — full application | Room above as well as below | Bulk, overlooking, terrace rhythm |
| Wraparound (side + rear) | No — full application | L-shaped open-plan ground floor | Combined footprint, garden retained |
In conservation areas such as Langstone and Lymbourn Road, side extensions are not permitted development and always need a full application.
A fixed process built around how Havant Borough Council validates and decides side-return applications — most drawings are submission-ready within seven days of survey.
Send us your Havant St Faith's postcode and terrace type. We confirm your conservation and Article 4 status, whether the infill stays within the side-extension width limit, and score your odds against live Havant Borough Council decisions.
We measure the side alley, the back-addition wall, floor and eaves levels and the neighbour's window heights — the numbers the width limit, roof pitch and party-wall detailing depend on.
Chartered designers develop the infill and its glazed roof to your brief, drawn inside the permitted-development limits or to Havant Borough Council's extension guidance, with the boundary and party-wall junction detailed.
We submit the certificate or application, manage validation and case-officer queries, and revise the drawings free until Havant Borough Council issues its decision.
Sometimes not. A single-storey side-return infill can be permitted development if it is no wider than half the original house, no higher than 4 metres, and the property is not on designated land. In Havant St Faith's you will need a full application to Havant Borough Council for anything wider or taller, for a two-storey side return, and for any side extension in a conservation area such as Langstone and Lymbourn Road, where those rights are removed.
It is an infill that fills the narrow open alley running alongside the rear back-addition of a Victorian or Edwardian terrace — the strip of ground that is usually too small to use. Building over it squares off the ground floor, so a cramped galley kitchen becomes a full-width room. Havant St Faith's's period terraces are ideally suited to it, which is why the side return is one of the borough's most common extensions. Havant Borough Council is the decision-maker.
Almost always. A side return is built on or up to the boundary with your neighbour, so the Party Wall etc. Act applies and you must serve notice before work starts — this is entirely separate from Havant Borough Council's planning decision. We detail the party-wall junction on the drawings and flag the notice early so a surveyor can be appointed without delaying the build. This applies to your Havant St Faith's address specifically.
Yes, and it is common — the combined L-shape is a wraparound extension. Once the side infill joins a rear projection beyond the permitted-development depth, the whole thing needs a full householder application to Havant Borough Council rather than qualifying as permitted development. We draw it as one coherent scheme so the council assesses a single footprint, which reads more clearly than two overlapping proposals. This applies to your Havant St Faith's address specifically.
A householder planning application in Havant St Faith's runs to a statutory eight-week target, and a lawful development certificate to eight weeks as well, though an incomplete pack can stall at validation. Because a side return involves the boundary and roof glazing, a complete, well-detailed submission matters — we prepare it validation-complete and manage officer queries to keep the decision on track. Havant Borough Council is the decision-maker.
We price each Havant St Faith's side return individually, because alley width and roof form vary house to house, and send a fixed, no-obligation quote within one working day. It covers the full drawing pack with free revisions until Havant Borough Council approves, and we confirm at the outset whether your infill is permitted development or needs an application. Call 020 7864 7245 to start.
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