Tar and chip driveways in Blyth

How much should I budget in Blyth?

Guide prices below are for Blyth, adjusted for the North East, where surfacing rates run about 7% below our UK midpoint.

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Tar and chip drive with a new sub-base	£42–£70 per m²
Example: 50 m² drive	£2,100–£3,500
Example: 100 m² drive	£4,200–£7,000
Example: 200 m² drive	£7,950–£13,250

As a 2026 guide in Blyth, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £42–£70 per m² including VAT, so a 100 m² drive is roughly £4,200–£7,000. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

Where we work in and around Blyth

What applies in Blyth. Blyth sits under a mile from Blyth, within our regular Northumberland cover.

Postcodes: NE24
Area: Northumberland
Nearest towns: Bedlington (3 miles), Ashington (4 miles), Cramlington (4 miles), Whitley Bay (7 miles)
Pricing: North East, about 7% below our UK midpoint
Kerb approvals: The highway authority

Nearby, we work in Bedlington, Ashington, Cramlington, Whitley Bay, Morpeth.

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
Loose surplus chippings swept up after a few days
Second coat where a double dressing is specified

Rules that apply in Blyth

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. If the job needs a dropped kerb, the highway authority (the county or unitary council) approves it before any work on the footway.

How it is built

Blyth: common questions

What is the price of a tar and chip driveway in Blyth?

As a 2026 guide in Blyth, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £42–£70 per m² including VAT, so a 100 m² drive is roughly £4,200–£7,000. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.

How quickly can work start in Blyth?

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

Is the survey in Blyth free?

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.

Which Blyth postcodes do you cover?

We cover Blyth including NE24, and nearby Bedlington, Ashington, Cramlington.

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