Tar and chip driveways in Great Wyrley

Tar and chip driveway prices in Great Wyrley

These Great Wyrley guide prices reflect rates in the West Midlands, in line with our UK midpoint.

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Tar and chip drive with a new sub-base	£45–£75 per m²
Example: 50 m² drive	£2,250–£3,750
Example: 100 m² drive	£4,500–£7,500
Example: 200 m² drive	£8,550–£14,250

As a 2026 guide in Great Wyrley, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £45–£75 per m² including VAT, so a 200 m² drive is roughly £8,550–£14,250. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

Covering Great Wyrley

What applies in Great Wyrley. Great Wyrley is covered on our Staffordshire rounds, 25 miles from Stoke-on-Trent.

Postcodes: WS6
Area: Staffordshire
Nearest towns: Cannock (2 miles), Bloxwich (3 miles), Burntwood (4 miles), Walsall (5 miles)
Pricing: West Midlands, in line with our UK midpoint
Kerb approvals: The highway authority

Nearby, we work in Cannock, Bloxwich, Burntwood, Walsall, Wednesfield.

Rules that apply in Great Wyrley

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.

What is included in a tar and chip driveway?

Hot bitumen sprayed and dressed with rolled stone chippings for a gravel look that stays put.

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

Your questions answered

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

As a 2026 guide in Great Wyrley, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £45–£75 per m² including VAT, so a 200 m² drive is roughly £8,550–£14,250. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.

Will someone visit before I get a fixed price in Great Wyrley?

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 I need permission for a tar and chip driveway in Great Wyrley?

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).

Do you cover all of Great Wyrley?

We cover Great Wyrley including WS6, and nearby Cannock, Bloxwich, Burntwood.

More we do in Great Wyrley

Send us a postcode, a rough size and a photo or two, and we'll come back with survey dates for Great Wyrley.