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Driveway specialists
Block paving, resin-bound, tarmac and natural stone drives, plus repairs and full replacements, laid across Bishop's Cleeve and the surrounding villages.
Driveways in Bishop's Cleeve
Bishop's Cleeve has grown fast, and the drives show it. The older village core off Church Road has stone cottages with short gravel frontages, while Stoke Orchard Road, Cleevelands and the newer estates towards Gotherington are full of estate housing from the 1990s onwards, laid with thin block paving over a shallow base by the developer.
Those developer drives are the common call. Twenty years on, the blocks have rutted where the wheels sit, the edge courses have crept out and weeds have taken the joints. Sometimes a lift and relay over a corrected base is the right answer, sometimes it is a full replacement. Most homes here have two cars and no side access, so widening and turning space come up on nearly every visit.
What we do
New drives in a full range of blocks, colours and laying patterns. Edge restraints and a compacted sub-base underneath every one.
More about this serviceA smooth, permeable, weed-free surface laid over a prepared base, in a choice of aggregate blends.
More about this serviceHard-wearing tarmac drives and larger areas, machine-laid and rolled to an even finish.
More about this serviceSandstone, limestone and porcelain drives, paths and patios laid level and clean.
More about this serviceSunken blocks lifted and relaid, cracked tarmac patched, joints re-sanded, surfaces washed and sealed.
More about this serviceOld surface dug out and taken away, drainage sorted, edgings and steps rebuilt, new surface laid.
More about this serviceIndicative pricing
Around 25–35 m², space for one car
£3,000 – £5,500
Around 40–60 m², two cars side by side
£5,500 – £9,000
60 m² and above, or a parking area
From £9,000
These are estimates only. Every figure is subject to a site visit, because the dig-out depth, the ground conditions, access and drainage all change the price.
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Questions
Widening on your own land is usually fine, but if the vehicle crossing over the footway has to get wider you need approval from Gloucestershire County Council first. Estate roads adopted by the council follow the same route as any other street.
If rain would run off a solid surface onto the estate road, then yes, you need a permeable build or somewhere on your plot for the water to go. Permeable block paving over an open-graded sub-base is the usual fix on these plots.
Lifting and relaying a developer drive is generally two to three days. A full dig-out and new build is four to five, including muck-away and new edgings.
Still not sure? Call 01242 379215 and we'll talk it through.
