Front garden to tarmac driveway in Cookstown
If you are weighing up front garden driveway conversions in Cookstown, the useful questions are about depth, edges and drainage. That's what our survey checks and what your quote spells out.
What does a front garden driveway conversion cost in Cookstown?
Guide prices below are for Cookstown, adjusted for Northern Ireland, where surfacing rates run about 12% below our UK midpoint.
| Item | Guide price (inc VAT) |
|---|---|
| New black tarmac drive, full dig-out and new sub-base | £53–£84 per m² |
| Example: 20 m² drive | £1,150–£1,850 |
| Example: 30 m² drive | £1,750–£2,750 |
| Example: 45 m² drive | £2,400–£3,750 |
As a 2026 guide in Cookstown, front garden driveway conversion work runs at about £53–£84 per m² including VAT, so a 30 m² drive is roughly £1,750–£2,750. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.
What we do on a front garden driveway conversion
Turning a lawn or front garden into off-road parking: dig, base, tarmac, kerb crossing and planting.
- Check the space: length, width and gate posts for a car
- Highway authority dropped kerb application guided or handled for you
- Sub-base and two tarmac courses, or porous asphalt
- Kerbs or blocks as edge restraint
- Water directed to a border, soakaway or channel
Cookstown: the local details
Cookstown at a glance. We cover Cookstown by grouping surveys with nearby County Tyrone jobs; Omagh is 22 miles away.
- Postcodes
- BT80
- Area
- County Tyrone
- Nearest towns
- Coalisland (7 miles), Magherafelt (9 miles), Dungannon (10 miles), Omagh (22 miles)
- Pricing
- Northern Ireland, about 12% below our UK midpoint
- Kerb approvals
- DfI Roads
We also cover nearby Coalisland, Magherafelt, Dungannon, Omagh.
Do I need permission in Cookstown?
In Northern Ireland, the Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 allows a hard surface between the front of a house and a road without permission if it is porous or drains to a porous area within the property, once it exceeds 5 m². Listed buildings and some access changes need permission. Any new or altered vehicle access onto a public road needs approval from DfI Roads, not the council.
How it is built
Questions about front garden driveway conversions in Cookstown
Are there planning or highway rules in Cookstown?
In Northern Ireland, more than 5 m² of hard surface in front of a house should be porous or drain to a porous area within the property; DfI Roads approves dropped kerbs. Dropped kerbs are approved by DfI Roads.
Will someone visit before I get a fixed price in Cookstown?
Yes for new surfacing such as drives, paths, private roads and car parks. Small repairs are often priced from photos; if a visit is needed for a repair-only job, we tell you any charge first.
Do you work in my part of Cookstown?
We cover Cookstown including BT80, and nearby Coalisland, Magherafelt, Dungannon.
What is the price of a front garden driveway conversion in Cookstown?
As a 2026 guide in Cookstown, front garden driveway conversion work runs at about £53–£84 per m² including VAT, so a 30 m² drive is roughly £1,750–£2,750. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.
Other work in Cookstown
- Tarmac paths and footpaths
- Car park resurfacing
- Private and access road surfacing
- Tar and chip driveways
- Car park surfacing
- Tarmac driveway repairs
- Everything in Cookstown
Questions about front garden driveway conversions in Cookstown? Call, WhatsApp or use the form, and we'll talk it through.
Front garden to tarmac driveway in Cookstown: get a written quote
Send a postcode and a rough size and we'll arrange a survey. Every quote lists the layers, edging, drainage and VAT.
- Surface courseDEPTH + MIX
- Binder courseDEPTH + MIX
- Sub-baseDEPTH + MATERIAL
- Edges, drainage, VATITEMISED