Driveway Costs

[ste_bla]

Need a rough idea on costs for getting our driveway done. I know we dont have enough money for it yet we just need a rought figure to aim towards before we get plnning permission.

So how much for;

1) Planning permission
2) Putting in a Double dropped kerb. path is only about a ft wide
3) Blockwork drive about 6m x 8m on a sligh incline.

Just a rough price to aim towards. Also the paving blocks can that be DIY'ed or is it best to pay someone to do it?

 

[IAmATeaf]

Depends on your council as to wether planning permission is required so give the planning department a call on Tuesday and ask to speak to the duty planner.

Again costs vary from council to council but if it's a double dropped kerb I'd expect it to cost around £1500 but that is a guess.

Depends on how much work is required to be honest, mine is around 6m x 8m and I'm having it done right now, not block paved but I've had 2 walls around 3ft high built, brick edging all the way round, brick edging of the path from the pavement to the house, a curved flower border and the rest of the internal space brick edged which will leave aprox 4ft x 4ft squares that will then be concreted. The above comes to around £3500.

 

[Overlag]

im also after the same sort of question, same size drive, but flat, and whatever is cheapest as a driveway (NOT gravel though). Maybe a 50% mix of Poured concreate and Brick work?

drop drive is done, so no issue there, again, planning aint a problem as at the moment its broken concreate, gravel and mud, so its a eyesore lol

sorry for piggybacking on your thread lol

 

[ste_bla]

Unfortunately we do need permission as we already have a dropped kerb/driveway. However due to a large telegraph pole its hard to get the car in (20cm either side) so we want a second kerb to rip up the front garden. We could get away without permission from the council if we say we will turn the old dropped into a full kerb but the council permission is £80 + whatever the highways agency want vs paying to change another kerb..

 

[IAmATeaf]

I'd still speak to the duty planner, they may suggest other options. For example as my house is a corner property I was told that I'd need to get planning permission to build a garage. went to see the duty planner and she suggested that get a Certificate of Lawfulness would be sufficient, the process for this is not only much cheaper, think it was around £63 plus the process is much simpler. Applied for the certificate, submitted the plans which I had drawn, a planning officer came round to inspect the proposed site and the council granted the certificate. I now have a 6m x 6m garage in my back garden with a 6m x 7m driveway in front of it to park and work on cars.

 

[Overlag]

Unfortunately we do need permission as we already have a dropped kerb/driveway. However due to a large telegraph pole its hard to get the car in (20cm either side) so we want a second kerb to rip up the front garden. We could get away without permission from the council if we say we will turn the old dropped into a full kerb but the council permission is £80 + whatever the highways agency want vs paying to change another kerb..

yeah thats a pain in the rear end. we was lucky, they redid our whole street and they done drop kurbs for the whole road, infact theres only 1meter of raised kurb lol

 

[BigglesPiP]

By blocks I take it you mean flag stones on your property.

This can be DIYed very easily, so long as you get the foundations right, there's prolly a guide out there somewhere.

We've done a lot of Flag stone work here.

 

[ste_bla]

By blocks I take it you mean flag stones on your property.

This can be DIYed very easily, so long as you get the foundations right, there's prolly a guide out there somewhere.

We've done a lot of Flag stone work here.

Like;

 

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[BigglesPiP]

Harder than flagstones then, unless you're a confident DIYer, don't try it (I would).

 

[Jon Frost]

Block paving, expect to pay about 75 punds per squared metre area. For someone to come and do it for you.

 

[blueboy2001]

You don't need planning permission for a dropped kerb unless its off a classified road - check on an OS Map. Creation of a hard standing (ie. putting a driveway over your garden) is permitted development and so doesn't need permission at the moment, but it will change in the next round of planning legislation due in October if you are creating an impermiable surface. A dropped kerb will need to be done to a standard laid down by the highway authority for your area (County Council in a two-tier area), some insist they do the work themselves, some insist you use an approved contrator and others aren't fussed as long as it's to spec. Unless you live fronting a motorway or a trunk road the Highways Agency won't be involved.

IAmATeaf - A Certificate of Lawfulness is a legal process to determine whether a development actually requires planning permission or not. As the certificate was granted, your garage didn't actually need permission by the sound of it.

 

[IAmATeaf]

IAmATeaf - A Certificate of Lawfulness is a legal process to determine whether a development actually requires planning permission or not. As the certificate was granted, your garage didn't actually need permission by the sound of it.

Damn, I was told I needed it due to it being a corner property. I also got it for peace of mind I suppose so that any interfering neighbours could politely be told to shove off

 

[Axeboy]

We paid £300 for the kerb to be dropped and all paperwork from the council.

Me and my old man built the driveway our selves uphill, paved with some fancy stones each side for about £300.

Most expensive part was the gate, it had to rise as it opened inwards... that was about £400.

 

[ste_bla]

You don't need planning permission for a dropped kerb unless its off a classified road

Its not classified but as its our second dropped kerb we do need permission and then the ticket thing to allow us to do it. At least that's what Bucks CC and Highways Agency (i think) said.

 

[blueboy2001]

You are getting the consent of the local highway authority, which will be Bucks CC.

If it was a classified road, you would also need planning permission from your local district council. This is an entirely separate and more onerous process.

The Highways Agency is the central Government department charged with the maintenance and development of motorways and trunk roads. They won't be involved.

 

[BigT]

It was a bit more expensive in my neck of the woods. Surrey CC wanted £1000 to drop a kerb and a block paving driveway of the size you want was £5K, but that included some fancy drainage I needed at the bottom of the slope to stop water bilding up at the front of the house. I didn't need any sort of planning permission though.

 

[IAmATeaf]

We paid £300 for the kerb to be dropped and all paperwork from the council.

Me and my old man built the driveway our selves uphill, paved with some fancy stones each side for about £300.

Most expensive part was the gate, it had to rise as it opened inwards... that was about £400.

That's a bargainious price for dropping the kerb, I paid around £500 to get my kerb dropped, this was over 10+ years ago but the drop was longer then normal.

My driveways now done, looks a bit of a mess at the mo but the builders will be back at the end of the week to clean the brickwork off with acid, just waiting for the concrete to dry.