Block paving driveways in Whissendine
Block paved driveways in Whissendine, laid on a full sub-base with restrained edges and drainage to your own ground.
A block paved driveway in Whissendine typically costs £120–£170 per m² all in. Most Whissendine drives we price are around 40–80m², which works out at roughly £4,750–£13,500. 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 Rutland County Council: £194 for the vehicle access permit, and we can build the crossing under the council's permit.
- Typical cost here
- £4,750–£13,500 for 40–80m²
- Planning
- Not needed if it drains to your own ground
- Dropped kerb
- Rutland County Council: £194 for the vehicle access permit
- Ground
- Clay; slow to drain
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 Whissendine 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.
Whissendine, on the north western edge of Rutland near the Leicestershire border, is known for its working windmill, and has a long main street of stone and brick houses, farm conversions and newer homes. Bigger gardens and longer drives are common.
We cover Whissendine (LE15) and the villages around it, including Langham, Teigh, Ashwell, Pickwell and Stapleford.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Whissendine
Whissendine is on the clay of the Vale, and the Whissendine Brook runs through the village. Ground drains slowly, so we design the base and the water route before anything else.
Whissendine is not one of Rutland's conservation areas and has no Article 4 direction, so normal permitted development rules apply outside listed buildings.
Rutland's flood strategy records that Main Street in Whissendine floods and becomes impassable, and names the village among the places with a few properties at river flood risk. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: Rutland flood risk strategy.
Permissions and fees in Whissendine
- 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
- 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 Whissendine 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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