Desired renovation of deanery (7)
I believe the answer is:
yearned
'desired' is the definition.
(yearning is a kind of desiring)
'renovation of deanery' is the wordplay.
'renovation of' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'deanery' with letters rearranged gives 'YEARNED'.
(Other definitions for yearned that I've seen before include "Deanery (anag)" , "Longed, hankered" , "Craved" , "Ached" , "Did long" .)