- Planning authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Postcodes
- RG21, RG22, RG24, RG25
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 39°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.2 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Hampshire
What the council will look at in Basingstoke
We cover gardens in Basingstoke and nearby places such as Tadley, Alton and Fleet, with the same process wherever you are: a free desktop appraisal, a visit if the plot looks viable, then survey and design.
Some of those places may fall under a different council from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, and each local planning authority has its own design guidance, validation list and pre-application service. We confirm which authority covers your address at the start, so the application is prepared for the right requirements first time and avoids delays at validation.
How we’d take it forward in Basingstoke
If your Basingstoke plot already has planning permission, we begin by checking the approved drawings and conditions against the site. Some permissions need detailed design, discharge of conditions or a minor amendment before they can be built. We then prepare the technical drawings, arrange Building Regulations approval and the warranty, apply for utility connections and give you a written quote to build.
Free plot appraisal
We check the title plan, access, constraints and planning policy from our desk, talk the plot through with you, and visit if it looks viable. There’s no cost and no obligation.
Survey and design
A measured survey records levels, boundaries, trees and neighbouring windows. We then design a layout and house that suit the plot, the street and your budget, and decide whether pre-application advice is worth seeking.
Planning and approvals
We submit the planning application and manage it to a decision, then deal with conditions, Building Regulations approval, the structural warranty, any build-over agreement and the new utility connections.
Written quote and build
Once design and survey are complete you get a written quote. The build runs in stages — access and groundworks, foundations, frame and roof, fit-out and external works — with inspections at each key point.
Worth checking early
- Building and selling a new home can change your tax position compared with selling only your house; take advice from a tax adviser first.
- A build next door means months of noise, deliveries and contractors near your home; good planning reduces the disruption but doesn’t remove it.
- Planning can be refused, and money spent on surveys, design and the application isn’t recovered if it is — which is why we start with an appraisal.
Your questions, answered for Basingstoke
Who decides planning for a garden house in Basingstoke?
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council decides applications for addresses in Basingstoke, using the council’s Local Plan, national policy and its own design guidance. Neighbours and consultees such as highways officers can comment, and the decision is made by the council’s planning officers or, where the rules allow, its planning committee. Pre-application advice from the council can help test a scheme before the formal application is submitted.
Do you visit gardens in Basingstoke before giving advice?
We start with a desk review of the title plan, access, constraints and planning policy, then talk the plot through with you. If it looks viable, we arrange a site visit to see the access, levels, trees and neighbouring windows for ourselves. The appraisal is free and carries no obligation.
Can I build a house in my garden in Basingstoke and keep the land?
Yes. On our design and build route you remain the owner while we design the home, apply to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council for planning, deal with Building Regulations and build it. The finished house can be sold, let or kept for family. Whether your plot can take a house depends on access, space, neighbours and local policy, and the decision rests with the council.
Can the new home in my Basingstoke garden connect to the main sewer?
Usually, yes, but the route and depth decide how easily. The new home needs its own foul connection, agreed with the water company, and gravity drainage is simplest where the sewer sits lower than the new floor. If it doesn’t, a pumped connection may be needed. Where a public sewer runs under your garden, a build-over agreement or diversion may also be required.
Other options in Basingstoke
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Large rear gardens
- Corner and side plots
- Planning promotion for your garden plot
- Garden plot option agreement
- Tandem and landlocked plots