About the Old Basing Conservation Area
The Old Basing Conservation Area covers about 114 hectares and was designated by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in 1973. Inside the boundary are 70 listed buildings (2 Grade I, 68 Grade II). The most significant is Church of St Mary, Grade I. 1 Article 4 direction over the area removes further householder rights, on top of the conservation area limits below. Part of the area lies in flood zone 2, so an extension may need a flood risk assessment.
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.
Article 4 directions here
These overlap the conservation area. Householder directions remove more of the rights above; change-of-use ones don’t affect extending a house.
- Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John.Householder works
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 St MaryGrade I
- Tithe BarnGrade I
- 1 and 3, Milking Pen LaneGrade II
- 1, Crown LaneGrade II
- 10,12, The StreetGrade II
- 11, Milking Pen LaneGrade II
- 26, The StreetGrade II
- 3, The StreetGrade II
- 3,5, Crown LaneGrade II
- 30, The StreetGrade II
- 31, The StreetGrade II
- 4 and 6, Milking Pen LaneGrade II
- 43,45,47, The StreetGrade II
- 68,70, The StreetGrade II
- 7, The StreetGrade II
- 89, The StreetGrade II
- 9,11, The StreetGrade II
- Audlam HouseGrade II
- BarnGrade II
- BarnGrade II
- Barton Mill, And HouseGrade II
- Basing CottageGrade II
- Basing HouseGrade II
- Basing House Ruins, Including the Old House and the New HouseGrade II
Show all 70 listed buildings ↓All 70 listed buildings
- BeckwithGrade II
- BothyGrade II
- Brown's FarmhouseGrade II
- Canal BridgeGrade II
- Cannon CottageGrade II
- Cartshed and OutbuildingsGrade II
- Cavalier CottageGrade II
- Church Lane HouseGrade II
- Compton CloseGrade II
- Cromwell CottageGrade II
- DovecoteGrade II
- Front Wall of Mews CottageGrade II
- Garden HouseGrade II
- Garden WallGrade II
- GatewayGrade II
- GranaryGrade II
- Grange FarmhouseGrade II
- Heron CottageGrade II
- Hill Rise CottageGrade II
- Lower MillGrade II
- Lower Mill Farm Barn 20 Yards South-East of YeomansGrade II
- Lower Mill HouseGrade II
- Maison BlancheGrade II
- MalthouseGrade II
- Mews Cottage Turret CottageGrade II
- Old Basing HouseGrade II
- Old Basing War MemorialGrade II
- Old Toll HouseGrade II
- Park House FarmhouseGrade II
- Parker's PieceGrade II
- Parker's Piece BarnGrade II
- Peacock CottageGrade II
- Roadside Wall From Grange Farm to Sopers RowGrade II
- Roundhead CottageGrade II
- Siege CottageGrade II
- Stable and LoftGrade II
- Streamside CottageGrade II
- Street HouseGrade II
- The Bolton Arms Public HouseGrade II
- The Crown Public HouseGrade II
- The Old BarnGrade II
- Turret and Walls in the Garden of Turret CottageGrade II
- Wall and House (no.6 the Street) Attached to the Gateway on Its East Side*Grade II
- Wall, From West Side of Crown Public House, North of Park Hill, To Rear of No.6Grade II
- WhytgatesGrade II
- YeomansGrade II
Streets in the conservation area
Streets with listed buildings inside the boundary. Boundaries often split a street — check your exact address.
The council’s appraisal
WEBOld Basing 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.