Tar and chip driveways in Market Harborough

How much should I budget in Market Harborough?

These Market Harborough guide prices reflect rates in the East Midlands, 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 Market Harborough, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £44–£74 per m² including VAT, so a 50 m² drive is roughly £2,200–£3,700. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

Do I need permission in Market Harborough?

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. A vehicle crossing over the footway is a separate approval, from the highway authority (the county or unitary council).

Where we work in and around Market Harborough

The key facts for Market Harborough. Market Harborough is covered on our Leicestershire rounds, 14 miles from Leicester.

Postcodes: LE16
Area: Leicestershire
Nearest towns: Corby (10 miles), Kettering (10 miles), Wigston (10 miles), Oadby (11 miles)
Pricing: East Midlands, about 2% below our UK midpoint
Kerb approvals: The highway authority

Nearby, we work in Corby, Kettering, Wigston, Oadby, Leicester.

The build-up we 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
Rolled to bed the stones in
Loose surplus chippings swept up after a few days

Questions about tar and chip driveways in Market Harborough

How quickly can work start in Market Harborough?

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

Do you work in my part of Market Harborough?

We cover Market Harborough including LE16, and nearby Corby, Kettering, Wigston.

What approvals apply in Market Harborough?

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).

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

As a 2026 guide in Market Harborough, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £44–£74 per m² including VAT, so a 50 m² drive is roughly £2,200–£3,700. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.

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