Block paving driveways in Corby
Block paved driveways in Corby, laid on a full sub-base with restrained edges and drainage to your own ground.
A block paved driveway in Corby typically costs £120–£170 per m² all in. Most Corby drives we price are around 30–50m², which works out at roughly £3,500–£8,500. A permeable drive, or one that drains to your own lawn or border, needs no planning permission; more than 5m² of impermeable surface draining to the road does. A new or wider entrance needs a dropped kerb from North Northamptonshire Council: £333 for the licence and inspection, with the crossing built by an approved contractor, and we can build it for you.
- Typical cost here
- £3,500–£8,500 for 30–50m²
- Planning
- Not needed if it drains to your own ground
- Dropped kerb
- North Northamptonshire Council: £333 for the licence and inspection
- Ground
- Ironstone, with clay and restored ground
Our 2026 guide prices, all in. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Council fees checked October 2026.
What block paving driveways in Corby usually involve
A block paved driveway is concrete or clay blocks laid on a screeded sand course over a compacted sub-base, with edges restrained and joints sanded. Laid properly it carries cars for decades, and individual blocks can be lifted for repairs.
Corby grew as a steel town: a New Town designated in 1950, with estates such as Kingswood, Lodge Park, Beanfield and Danesholme built for steelworkers, around the older villages of Corby Village, Great Oakley and Weldon. Priors Hall Park in the north east is planned for more than 5,000 homes, and many of its gardens are handed over as bare, compacted plots.
We cover Corby (NN17 and NN18) and the villages around it, including Weldon, Great Oakley, Corby Village, Gretton, Cottingham, Middleton, Rockingham, Stanion and East Carlton.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Corby
Corby sits on the Northampton Sand ironstone that fed the steelworks, and large areas around the town were opencast quarried and restored. Ground can change from natural ironstone to clay or fill within a garden, so we dig before we design the base and drainage.
Corby has nine conservation areas, including the Old Village, Cottingham and Middleton, Gretton, Rockingham, Stanion, Great Oakley and Weldon. Its only Article 4 direction (Kingswood) controls houses in multiple occupation and does not affect driveways, porches or extensions.
The Willow Brook runs through Corby and Weldon, with an Environment Agency flood storage reservoir at Weldon, so properties near the brook need drainage planned with care. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: North Northamptonshire conservation areas · Priors Hall Park.
Permissions and fees in Corby
- Check the surface ruleA permeable drive, or one that drains to your own lawn or border, needs no planning permission; more than 5m² of impermeable surface draining to the road does. Planning Portal guidance
- Conservation areaIf you are in the Corby conservation area, use the surfaces and boundary treatments it suits. North Northamptonshire: conservation areas
- Dropped kerbA new or wider entrance needs a dropped kerb from North Northamptonshire Council: £333 for the licence and inspection, with the crossing built by an approved contractor, and we can build it for you. The full Corby dropped kerb process
- Design and priceWe design the drive to meet all of this, give you one fixed written price and build it.
Council fees and rules checked October 2026. Planning fees are the national fees from 1 April 2026.
What you get
- Full-depth sub-base and a screeded laying course, not blocks on soil
- Restrained edges and a soldier course so the paving cannot creep
- Drainage designed in: falls, channels or soakaways to your own ground
- Permeable block available where the drainage needs it
The specification
- Old surface out, ground checked, geotextile where the ground needs it
- 150mm compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Screeded sharp sand laying course
- Blocks laid to falls with a bedded soldier course edge
- Kiln-dried sand jointing, compacted in
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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