Driveway drainage in Whissendine
Puddling and flooding driveways fixed in Whissendine: channel drains, soakaways and corrected falls, designed for the ground here.
A channel drain across a typical driveway or garage entrance costs about £1,000–£1,800 installed, or £120–£200 per metre for a heavy-duty, vehicle-rated channel. Soakaways are sized and priced after a percolation test. Drainage work on your own driveway does not need planning permission, but surface water must not go into the foul sewer or onto the road, and any new connection to a public sewer needs the water company's approval.
- Channel drain
- £120–£200 per metre
- Planning
- Not needed; no water to the road
- Ground
- 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.
Driveway drainage in Whissendine: what is involved
We fix puddling and flooding drives with channel drains across the slope, soakaways and crate systems sized for the ground, and corrected falls, so water leaves the drive without running to the road, the garage or the house.
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 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. Clay around Whissendine drains slowly, so a plain soakaway often fills and stays full. We run a percolation test first; where the ground will not take water, we use a lined system or crates with a controlled outlet.
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 in Whissendine
- PlanningDrainage work on your own driveway does not need planning permission, but surface water must not go into the foul sewer or onto the road, and any new connection to a public sewer needs the water company's approval. Planning Portal: paving your front garden
- 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
- Heavy-duty, vehicle-rated channel drains bedded and haunched in concrete
- Soakaways and crate systems sized from a percolation test
- Falls corrected so water goes where it is meant to
- Puddling drives fixed without replacing the whole surface where possible
The specification
- Percolation test and survey of the falls
- Channel set in a concrete bed and haunch
- Pipework to a soakaway, crate or approved outlet
- Surface cut and made good to match
- Gratings fixed and tested with water
- 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.