Accessible paths & ramps in Market Harborough
Access ramps, level landings and widened paths in Market Harborough, including Disabled Facilities Grant work.
A permanent concrete ramp with handrails and a non-slip surface typically costs up to about £2,500. Longer ramps, landings and widened paths are priced on the visit. Disabled Facilities Grant work is priced to the council's schedule. A ramp or path in the garden does not normally need planning permission, but a raised ramp or platform more than 30cm high can.
- Ramp with handrails
- Up to about £2,500
- Planning
- Not normally needed
- Ground
- Lias mudstone and clay; slow to drain
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices, all in. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Council fees checked October 2026.
Accessible paths & ramps in Market Harborough: what is involved
We build permanent concrete and paved access ramps, level landings and widened paths so wheelchairs, walkers and pushchairs can get to the door safely, including adaptations funded by a Disabled Facilities Grant.
Market Harborough has a historic core around the Square and the Old Grammar School, Victorian and Edwardian streets out to Little Bowden and Great Bowden, later estates around the edge, and the large Airfield Farm development near Lubenham.
We cover Market Harborough (LE16) and the villages around it, including Great Bowden, Little Bowden, Lubenham, Foxton, East Farndon, Kibworth, Husbands Bosworth and Medbourne.
Ground and conservation in Market Harborough
Market Harborough is on Jurassic mudstones and clays, which drain slowly, and the town sits where the River Welland meets the River Jordan. Water management decides most designs here, so we test the ground before choosing a soakaway or a permeable build-up. On the clay around Market Harborough we dig the base below the topsoil and build it thicker, so it does not move with the seasons.
The Market Harborough conservation area covers the historic town core and was designated in 1969, with separate conservation areas at Great Bowden and Lubenham. An Article 4 direction served in 2020 on land at Queen's Street, Little Bowden, covers gates, fences and walls.
Sources: Market Harborough flood report, Sept 2024 · Market Harborough conservation area.
Permissions in Market Harborough
- PlanningA ramp or path in the garden does not normally need planning permission, but a raised ramp or platform more than 30cm high can. We build to the gradients and landings in Approved Document M, and Disabled Facilities Grant work follows the occupational therapist's recommendations. Listed buildings and the Market Harborough conservation area have tighter rules, so we check your address before anything is designed.
- Disabled Facilities GrantGrants are run by Harborough District Council. You apply to the council, an occupational therapist assesses what is needed, and the grant can cover up to £30,000 in England. We price to the council's schedule and work to the OT's report.
- Design and priceWe measure up, check the ground and the planning position, and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get
- Gentle gradients with level landings at the top and bottom
- Handrails on both sides where they are needed
- Non-slip surfaces that drain properly
- Disabled Facilities Grant work to the council's and OT's specification
The specification
- Survey with the occupational therapist's report if there is one
- Ramp and landings set out to the right gradient
- Sub-base and concrete or paved surface
- Handrails fixed and checked
- Drainage so water does not pool on the ramp
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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We measure up, check levels and drainage, and send a written proposal with the build-up, the programme and one whole price. No pressure and no follow-up sales calls.