Composite & timber decking in Bow Brickhill
Level decks for Bow Brickhill's sloping plots below the Greensand ridge, designed with the 30cm planning limit in mind from the start.
Composite decking in Bow Brickhill typically costs £200–£250 per m² supplied and fitted and softwood timber £110–£140 per m²; a 15–20m² composite deck is usually £3,000–£5,000, and raised decks with balustrades and steps cost more. On the village's sloping plots, the key question is height: a deck over 30cm above the ground needs planning permission, so we design the levels around that.
- Composite, fitted
- £200–£250 per m²
- Planning
- Not needed under 30cm high
- Ground
- Clay at the foot, sand up the 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 Bow Brickhill
Bow Brickhill is a small village of around 620 people at the foot of the Greensand ridge, with All Saints church on the steep wooded hillside above and a mix of older cottages and individual detached houses on sloping plots. A slope is exactly where decking earns its keep. It gives a flat, usable area off the back of the house without the cost and disruption of building retaining walls and bringing in fill, and the space beneath the frame lets water running down the hill carry on past.
On a Bow Brickhill slope, the height of the frame drives the price as much as the area. The base guide is £200–£250 per m² for composite supplied and fitted and £110–£140 per m² for softwood, and a 15–20m² composite deck on fairly level ground is usually £3,000–£5,000. Where the low edge rises well off the ground, the deck needs balustrades and steps, and raised decks cost more. We visit for free, take levels across the garden and put a fixed price in writing.
What makes Bow Brickhill different
The village sits on Oxford Clay at the bottom with the sandy Greensand rising steeply behind, so the ground changes from slow-draining clay to free-draining sand within a short walk. Slopes push run-off down the garden, and a deck built across the fall needs that water to pass beneath it rather than collecting at the posts on the low side. Bow Brickhill has no conservation area, so normal householder permitted development applies unless a planning condition on your property says otherwise.
A typical Bow Brickhill deck runs out from the back of a detached house or cottage onto a garden that falls away or rises behind. The work usually involves taking levels, setting posts of different heights on firm ground, building a braced frame to give one flat surface, adding steps down to the garden and leaving a clear path for run-off beneath.
Permissions and checks in Bow Brickhill
- 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. 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. Milton Keynes City Council: tree protection
- 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 Bow Brickhill
- Levels taken across the slope so the deck can stay within 30cm where possible
- Run-off from higher ground allowed to pass under the frame
- Posts set on firm ground whether clay at the foot or sand up the slope
- 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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Free design visits across Bow Brickhill
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.