Tar and chip driveways in Keighley

How much should I budget in Keighley?

Local guide rates for Keighley (Yorkshire and the Humber, about 4% below our UK midpoint):

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Tar and chip drive with a new sub-base	£43–£72 per m²
Example: 50 m² drive	£2,150–£3,600
Example: 100 m² drive	£4,300–£7,200
Example: 200 m² drive	£8,200–£13,700

As a 2026 guide in Keighley, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £43–£72 per m² including VAT, so a 50 m² drive is roughly £2,150–£3,600. Guide only; the survey confirms a fixed price.

Keighley: the local details

What applies in Keighley. Keighley sits 15 miles from Leeds, within our regular West Yorkshire cover.

Postcodes: BD21, BD22, BD20
Area: West Yorkshire
Nearest towns: Bingley (3 miles), Baildon (5 miles), Shipley (6 miles), Guiseley (8 miles)
Pricing: Yorkshire and the Humber, about 4% below our UK midpoint
Kerb approvals: The highway authority

The same service is available in Bingley, Baildon, Shipley, Guiseley, Bradford.

Layer by layer

What is included in 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
Hot bitumen or emulsion sprayed evenly
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 Keighley

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).

Your questions answered

Is the survey in Keighley 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.

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

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).

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

As a 2026 guide in Keighley, tar and chip driveway work runs at about £43–£72 per m² including VAT, so a 50 m² drive is roughly £2,150–£3,600. Edging, drainage and a dropped kerb are priced separately where needed.

Which Keighley postcodes do you cover?

We cover Keighley including BD21, BD22, BD20, and nearby Bingley, Baildon, Shipley.

Other work in Keighley

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