Tar and chip driveways in Cookstown

Tar and chip driveway prices in Cookstown

For Cookstown, we apply the Northern Ireland rate, about 12% below our UK midpoint. Your survey turns these ranges into a fixed price.

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Tar and chip drive with a new sub-base	£40–£66 per m²
Example: 50 m² drive	£2,000–£3,300
Example: 100 m² drive	£3,950–£6,600
Example: 200 m² drive	£7,500–£12,550

As a 2026 guide in Cookstown, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £40–£66 per m² including VAT, so a 200 m² drive is roughly £7,500–£12,550. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

What the price covers

Tar and chip, also called surface dressing, is a layer of bitumen sprayed onto a prepared base and immediately covered with stone chippings, which are rolled in so the surface looks like gravel but behaves like a bound drive.

Base prepared: new MOT Type 1 sub-base, or an existing sound tarmac or stone base
Edges set with kerbs, setts or cobbles
Chippings spread straight onto the binder
Loose surplus chippings swept up after a few days
Second coat where a double dressing is specified

Covering Cookstown

The key facts for Cookstown. 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 tar and chip driveways in Cookstown

Tar and chip driveway cost in Cookstown: what should I budget?

As a 2026 guide in Cookstown, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £40–£66 per m² including VAT, so a 200 m² drive is roughly £7,500–£12,550. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.

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.

Which Cookstown postcodes do you cover?

We cover Cookstown including BT80, and nearby Coalisland, Magherafelt, Dungannon.

Can I get a free survey 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.

More we do in Cookstown

Tell us what you have in mind for Cookstown and we'll book a survey and put the specification in writing.