Composite & timber decking in Aspley Guise
Decks for Aspley Guise gardens behind Georgian and older houses, with listed building consent and hillside run-off checked before design.
Decking in Aspley Guise typically costs £200–£250 per m² supplied and fitted in composite and £110–£140 per m² in softwood timber, with a 15–20m² composite deck usually £3,000–£5,000. Because so many of the village's 18th and early 19th-century houses are listed, the most important step is checking whether your house is, since a deck at a listed house needs consent.
- Composite, fitted
- £200–£250 per m²
- Planning
- Not needed under 30cm high
- Ground
- Free-draining Greensand on a slope
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Guide prices from 2026 online price guides, at the higher end; your fixed price comes in writing after the free design visit. Planning rules checked October 2026.
Composite & timber decking in Aspley Guise
Aspley Guise is a historic Greensand village of mainly 18th and early 19th-century houses, many of them early Georgian and listed, built in red brick with some ironstone, timber frame and thatch. Holly hedges line Woburn Lane and brick walls hold the street line on West Hill, and behind them gardens are often generous and sloping towards the Ouse valley. A deck can give a level seating area off the house without disturbing more of an old garden, or its boundaries, than necessary.
Pricing an Aspley Guise deck starts with whether consent is needed and how much the garden falls. On the build itself, composite comes to £200–£250 per m² supplied and fitted and softwood to £110–£140 per m²; a 15–20m² composite deck behind a village house is usually £3,000–£5,000. Sloping plots that need a raised deck with balustrades and steps cost more. We come out on a free design visit, check the planning position and levels, and give you a fixed price in writing.
What makes Aspley Guise different
The village sits on Woburn Sands sandstone, worked for fuller's earth here since at least the 16th century. The sand drains freely, which suits the open ground beneath a deck, but the village slopes towards the Ouse valley and run-off from above needs handling. Central Bedfordshire Council's flood investigation records 16 properties affected by surface water in June 2016 on Bedford Road, The Square and West Hill. The conservation area appraisal favours keeping ironstone and brick boundary walls and hedges; there is no Article 4 direction.
A typical Aspley Guise deck sits in the rear garden of a brick or older house, often where the ground falls away and a terrace would need building up. It usually involves confirming listed status, setting posts on the sandy ground, building a braced frame level with the back door or a step down, and keeping clear of historic boundary walls and hedges.
Sources: Aspley Guise Conservation Area appraisal · Central Bedfordshire flood investigation, June 2016.
Permissions and checks in Aspley Guise
- Step 1Decking in a rear garden is normally permitted development if no part of it is more than 30cm above the ground and, with other outbuildings and platforms, it covers no more than half the garden. A raised deck over 30cm needs planning permission, and a listed house needs consent. Listed buildings and conservation areas in Aspley Guise have tighter rules, so we check your address before anything is designed. Planning Portal: decking
- Step 2Trees in a conservation area need six weeks’ written notice before any work, and trees with a Tree Preservation Order need consent — both are free. Central Bedfordshire Council: trees in conservation areas
- Step 3We check the ground and the planning position at the free design visit and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get in Aspley Guise
- Listed status checked before any design work
- Run-off from higher ground on the slope planned for
- Frame kept clear of ironstone and brick boundary walls
- Composite boards that will not rot, splinter or need staining, or pressure-treated softwood
- Frame built to the board maker's joist spacing, so boards do not bounce or bow
- Picture-frame edges, hidden fixings and LED step lights where you want them
The specification
- Ground levelled, weed membrane and drainage gravel laid
- Posts or pads on firm ground, set in concrete
- Treated softwood or aluminium sub-frame, braced and level
- Boards fixed to the manufacturer's spacing and fixings
- Edges, fascias, steps and lighting finished
- Five year written guarantee, transferable if you sell
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We measure up, check the ground, talk it through and send a written proposal with the build-up, the programme and one whole price. No pressure and no follow-up sales calls.