Planning permission in Rushmoor

Rushmoor Borough Council decides planning applications in Rushmoor. This page shows the protected areas that affect what homeowners can build without planning permission, and the planning data Rushmoor publishes.

Conservation areas

Rushmoor has 8 conservation areas. In a conservation area, permitted development rights are reduced: side extensions, two-storey extensions, loft dormers and cladding all need planning permission, and many councils add Article 4 directions on top.

• Aldershot Military
• Aldershot West
• Basingstoke Canal
• Cargate
• Farnborough Hill
• Manor Park
• South Farnborough
• St Michael's Abbey

Read more: extensions, loft dormers, garden rooms and solar panels in a conservation area.

Article 4 directions

Rushmoor hasn't published any Article 4 boundaries on planning.data.gov.uk. Most councils have at least one Article 4 direction, often in conservation areas, so check the council's website or ask its planning team before relying on permitted development.

What is an Article 4 direction?

National parks, National Landscapes and green belt

There are no national parks, National Landscapes, World Heritage Sites or green belt in or bordering Rushmoor.

Listed buildings and protected trees

Listed buildings everywhere in England are recorded by Historic England, and the checker looks for them at every address. Rushmoor doesn't publish listed building outlines, so where a listed building is recorded near an address, we ask the homeowner to check whether it's theirs.

Rushmoor doesn't publish its tree preservation orders as data. If there are mature trees near your project, ask the council whether any are protected before you start.

What Rushmoor publishes

Data from planning.data.gov.uk, published by Rushmoor Borough Council and national bodies under the Open Government Licence, last updated here on 30 October 2026. Rushmoor Borough Council website.