Block paving driveways in Greetham
Block paved driveways in Greetham, laid on a full sub-base with restrained edges and drainage to your own ground.
A block paved driveway in Greetham typically costs £120–£170 per m² all in. Most Greetham drives we price are around 35–65m², which works out at roughly £4,250–£11,000. 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 Rutland County Council: £194 for the vehicle access permit, and we can build the crossing under the council's permit.
- Typical cost here
- £4,250–£11,000 for 35–65m²
- Planning
- Not needed if it drains to your own ground
- Dropped kerb
- Rutland County Council: £194 for the vehicle access permit
- Ground
- Limestone; mostly free-draining
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 Greetham 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.
Greetham is a limestone village just west of the A1, with a historic core of stone cottages and farm buildings, later infill and estate housing, and Greetham Valley on its edge. Many drives here are being widened for more cars or replaced after decades of gravel.
We cover Greetham (LE15) and the villages around it, including Cottesmore, Stretton, Clipsham, Exton and Thistleton.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Greetham
Greetham sits on the Lincolnshire Limestone, which generally drains well, though Rutland's flood strategy names Greetham among the places with a few properties at river flood risk, so low-lying plots need more thought.
Greetham has a conservation area and no Article 4 direction. Outside listed buildings, front driveways and walls follow normal permitted development, and stone-coloured materials suit the village.
Rutland's flood strategy names Greetham among the places with a few properties at river flood risk. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: Rutland conservation areas · Rutland flood risk strategy.
Permissions and fees in Greetham
- 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 Greetham conservation area, use the surfaces and boundary treatments it suits. Rutland County Council: conservation areas
- Dropped kerbA new or wider entrance needs a dropped kerb from Rutland County Council: £194 for the vehicle access permit, and we can build the crossing under the council's permit. The full Greetham 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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