What electric driveway gates cost
Supplied-and-fitted guide prices for automated sliding and swing gates, and for adding motors to gates you already own.
Supplied and fitted, a new automated sliding gate is typically £5,000–£10,000, while automated swing gates usually come to £4,000–£8,000. If your gates are sound and you only want them motorised, automating existing gates is usually £1,500–£3,000. In every case the power supply to the gate is priced on top. These are guide figures; we confirm a fixed price in writing after the visit.
- Automated sliding gate
- £5,000–£10,000
- Includes
- Supply, fitting and clearing up
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Updated October 2026. Guide prices, not a quote. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit.
Driveway gate guide prices, 2026
| Option | Guide price |
|---|---|
| New automated sliding gate, supplied and fitted | £5,000–£10,000 |
| New automated swing gates, supplied and fitted | £4,000–£8,000 |
| Automating gates you already have | £1,500–£3,000 |
| Power supply to the gate | Priced on top, after the visit |
What is included in the price
For new gates, the guide covers the gate or gates in aluminium or composite, the posts and concrete foundations sized for the weight and the motor, the automation, and your choice of keypad, intercom or remote fobs.
Safety devices come with every automated gate we fit: safety edges or photocells, then a force test once installed, so the gate stops and reverses if anything is in its path. The cable run from the house is quoted separately because its length and route vary from one property to the next.
What makes it cost more or less
- Gate width and height, and whether it is one leaf or two
- Sliding or swing, and whether the drive slopes up from the road
- Aluminium or composite, and how detailed the design is
- Access control: keypad, intercom, fobs or app
- The distance from the house for the power supply
- Whether existing posts can carry a motor or need replacing
- Planning needs in a conservation area or on a listed house
Gate costs in Stamford, Rutland and North Northamptonshire
Planning is the local factor that changes gate jobs most. Stamford's Article 4 direction, in force across its conservation area since December 2018, removes permitted development for gates facing a road, so most front gates there need an application, and the council's appraisal favours traditional materials. Langham and several villages near Uppingham, including Lyddington, Seaton and Belton-in-Rutland, have Article 4 directions too. Corby's only Article 4 direction concerns houses in multiple occupation, while Kettering's are street-specific, so we check your address. Ground matters for the posts as well: on Oakham's clay, foundations are dug with standing winter water in mind.
What to check in any quote
- Safety edges or photocells, and a recorded force test after fitting
- Foundation depth for the posts and the motor
- Whether the power supply is included or listed separately
- That the gates open inwards, never over the footway or road
- Which access controls, and how many fobs, are included
- Whether planning has been checked for your address
Driveway gates: how we build it
See driveway gates for the specification, planning rules and the finish we build.
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