Tar and chip driveways in Braunstone

Tar and chip driveway prices in Braunstone

Guide prices below are for Braunstone, adjusted for the East Midlands, where surfacing rates run about 2% below our UK midpoint.

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Tar and chip drive with a new sub-base	£44–£74 per m²
Example: 50 m² drive	£2,200–£3,700
Example: 100 m² drive	£4,400–£7,350
Example: 200 m² drive	£8,400–£13,950

As a 2026 guide in Braunstone, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £44–£74 per m² including VAT, so a 100 m² drive is roughly £4,400–£7,350. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

What we do on a tar and chip driveway

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
Rolled to bed the stones in
Loose surplus chippings swept up after a few days

Braunstone: the local details

Survey cover and pricing for Braunstone. Smaller towns such as Braunstone are surveyed alongside nearby jobs in Leicestershire.

Postcodes: LE3, LE19, LE6
Area: Leicestershire
Nearest towns: Leicester (2 miles), Oadby (4 miles), Wigston (4 miles), Earl Shilton (6 miles)
Pricing: East Midlands, about 2% below our UK midpoint
Kerb approvals: The highway authority

Nearby, we work in Leicester, Oadby, Wigston, Earl Shilton, Mountsorrel.

Planning and kerb rules for Braunstone

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. Any new or widened crossing over the pavement needs approval from the highway authority (the county or unitary council).

How it is built

Braunstone: common questions

Do I need permission for a tar and chip driveway in Braunstone?

In England, a new hard surface over 5 m² in front of a house needs planning permission unless it is porous or drains to a lawn, border or soakaway within the property. Dropped kerbs are approved by the highway authority (the county or unitary council).

How long will the work take at my Braunstone property?

Often 1–3 days depending on base work. We book Braunstone surveys alongside other jobs in Leicestershire, and give you dates once the specification is agreed.

Can I get a free survey in Braunstone?

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 cover all of Braunstone?

We cover Braunstone including LE3, LE19, LE6, and nearby Leicester, Oadby, Wigston.

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