Tarmac driveways and surfacing in Tonbridge

Services in Tonbridge

Tonbridge is 12 miles from Maidstone, and we survey there as part of Kent cover.

Also in Tonbridge: private and access road surfacing, yards and forecourts, car park and yard repairs, tar and chip driveways, line marking and speed humps, dropped kerbs and vehicle crossings, farm tracks and rural access, car park resurfacing, tarmac paths and footpaths, tarmac driveway repairs, drainage for tarmac drives.

Rules in Tonbridge

In England, householder permitted development (Class F of the 2015 General Permitted Development Order) lets you lay a hard surface in front of a house without planning permission if it is porous, or if the rainwater is directed to a permeable area within the property. If the area is more than 5 m² and neither applies, you need permission. Standard dense tarmac is not porous, so a dense tarmac drive needs a lawn, border, channel to a soakaway or other permeable route for its water. Dropped kerbs are approved by the highway authority (the county or unitary council).

Typical prices in Tonbridge

Example guide prices for Tonbridge:

• Tar and chip drive, 90 m²: around £4,450–£7,400.
• Allow about £1,350–£2,200 for a 20 m² tarmac garden path.
• A 24 m² new tarmac drive works out at roughly £1,750–£2,750.

Covering Tonbridge

Close to Tonbridge:

• Tunbridge Wells 4 mi
• Sevenoaks 6 mi
• Crowborough 10 mi
• Maidstone 12 mi
• Swanley 15 mi
• Strood 16 mi

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