Tarmac driveway repairs in Cheshire

How much does a tarmac driveway repair cost in Cheshire?

Rates in Cheshire follow the North West, about 3% below our UK midpoint.

Item	Guide price (inc VAT)
Pothole or small patch repair, cut out and re-laid	£150–£390 each
Crack sealing on a domestic drive	£100–£290 per job
Edge repair with new edge restraint	£290–£780 per job

Towns we cover in Cheshire

Postcode areas: CH, CW, SK, WA.

What is included?

A proper tarmac repair cuts out the damaged area in a neat square, digs out any failed stone beneath, rebuilds and compacts the base, bonds the edges and lays new hot tarmac flush with the drive.

Find the cause: water, root, soft base or missing edge
Saw-cut the damaged area square, back to sound tarmac
Dig out and replace failed sub-base, compact in layers
Bond coat to the cut faces and base
Hot binder and surface course laid flush and rolled
Edge restraint replaced where the side has crumbled

Rules in Cheshire

Repairs, paths and edging work rarely need planning permission. 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.