About the Dummer Conservation Area
The Dummer Conservation Area covers about 23 hectares and was designated by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in 1981. Inside the boundary are 23 listed buildings (1 Grade I, 22 Grade II). The most significant is Church of All Saints, Grade I.
What changes inside the conservation area
Conservation areas are “Article 2(3) land”. You keep most permitted development rights, but these are removed or tightened.
- Rear extensionElsewhere: 3 m · 6 m with PANo 6 m / 8 m prior approval
- Two-storey extensionElsewhere: 3 mNeeds planning permission
- Side extensionElsewhere: Half the widthNeeds planning permission
- Loft conversionElsewhere: 50 m³Needs planning permission
- Garden roomElsewhere: 2.5 m high by boundariesNot beside the house
- PorchElsewhere: 3 m²Same limits
- Solar panelsElsewhere: 0.2 m projectionSame limits
- Air source heat pumpElsewhere: 1 unitNot facing the road
- Fences, walls and gatesElsewhere: 2 m · 1 m by a roadSame limits
- External claddingElsewhere: Matching materialsNeeds planning permission
- Tree workElsewhere: No notice6 weeks’ notice to the council
- Demolition (over 115 m³)Elsewhere: AllowedNeeds planning permission
Limits for a semi-detached house under the GPDO 2015. An Article 4 direction can remove more.
Listed buildings in the conservation area
Any work affecting these needs listed building consent, inside or out. Each links to its entry on the National Heritage List.
- Church of All SaintsGrade I
- Barn at Little Manor FarmGrade II
- Barn at Tower Hill FarmGrade II
- Bishops CottageGrade II
- Dummer HouseGrade II
- Foundry HouseGrade II
- Glebe CottageGrade II
- Granary at Tower Hill FarmGrade II
- Ivy Cottage Stable CottageGrade II
- Keepers CottageGrade II
- Kingsley CottageGrade II
- Lime Tree CottageGrade II
- Little Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Manor FarmhouseGrade II
- Mount PleasantGrade II
- The CottageGrade II
- The NookGrade II
- The Old RectoryGrade II
- Tower Hill FarmhouseGrade II
- Village FarmhouseGrade II
- Well HouseGrade II
- WellheadGrade II
- Yew Tree CottageGrade II
The council’s appraisal
WEBDummer Conservation Area AppraisalBasingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s description of the area’s character — what planners look at when you apply.Open on council site ↗Nearby conservation areas
Boundary and listed buildings from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Historic England via planning.data.gov.uk (OGL). Guidance only — not an official council check.