Driveways in Polesworth

Before your driveway in Polesworth

Two approvals can apply to a driveway in Polesworth: planning permission, if more than 5 m² of front garden is covered with a non-permeable surface that drains to the road, and dropped-kerb consent from Warwickshire County Council. We design around both.

Planning permission is usually needed for a new access onto a classified road.
Before you drive across the pavement, you need the highway authority's consent for a dropped kerb.
Permeable surfaces in Polesworth help reduce surface water running onto the road.

Postcode district: B78
Planning and building control: North Warwickshire Borough Council
From our West Bromwich base: 18 miles

Choices to weigh up in Polesworth

Tarmac

Hot-laid asphalt over a compacted sub-base, finished with a roller and edged with kerbs or setts. Tarmac is quick to lay and good value for larger areas. Standard tarmac is impermeable, so on a front garden it needs to drain to a soakaway or border, or use a porous asphalt mix.

Permeable block paving

Blocks with wider joints filled with grit, laid on an open-graded stone sub-base that stores rainwater and lets it soak into the ground. Permeable paving meets the front garden rules without planning permission. It costs a little more because of the deeper, specially graded sub-base, and it suits clay soils only with extra design.

Guide prices for Polesworth

For a home in Polesworth, our guide range is £2,200–£12,000 depending on size and specification. Block paving driveway of about 45 m² for two cars, with dig-out, sub-base, edging and drainage: usually £5,000–£7,200.

Guide prices for driveways
Option	Guide price	Good to know
Gravel or tarmac driveway	£2,200 – £4,800	About 40 m², new sub-base and edging
Block paving driveway	£4,500 – £7,500	About 40–50 m², with drainage or permeable build
Resin-bound driveway	£5,000 – £8,500	About 40–50 m², on a permeable base

Guide ranges include VAT where it applies. We confirm a fixed price for the agreed specification after visiting.

Before you book in Polesworth

What guarantee comes with a new driveway?

The materials, such as blocks, resin and drainage channels, come with their manufacturers' guarantees, and the terms for your driveway are set out in your quote. How long a driveway stays level depends largely on the sub-base, so we name its depth and type in your specification. Keep your quote and paperwork with your house documents.

Which postcodes in Polesworth do you work in?

We cover B78 and the streets around them. If you're on the edge of Polesworth, neighbouring Fazeley and Tamworth are covered too.

Which driveway surface is best?

It depends on budget, looks and drainage. Block paving is hard-wearing and repairable; resin-bound is smooth, tidy and permeable on the right base; tarmac is good value for larger areas; gravel is the cheapest and drains naturally. A permeable option avoids the need for planning permission on a front garden. We'll show you samples at survey.

Will I need permission from the council in Polesworth?

Only for a new or widened dropped kerb, which needs consent from Warwickshire County Council, or for a non-permeable surface over 5 m² that drains to the road, which needs planning permission from North Warwickshire Borough Council.

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Want to see block, resin and gravel samples side by side? Call 0800 088 6248 and we'll bring them to Polesworth.