Tarmac driveways in Weldon
Tarmac driveways and long rural entrances in and around Weldon, with sett and block borders.
A tarmac driveway in Weldon typically costs £90–£130 per m² all in. Most Weldon drives we price are around 35–60m², which works out at roughly £3,250–£7,750. 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
- £3,250–£7,750 for 35–60m²
- Planning
- Not needed if it drains to your own ground
- Dropped kerb
- North Northamptonshire Council: £333 for the licence and inspection
- Ground
- Limestone and ironstone; variable
Our 2026 guide prices, all in. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Council fees checked October 2026.
What tarmac driveways in Weldon usually involve
A tarmac (asphalt) driveway is machine or hand laid hot over a compacted sub-base, usually as a binder course with a finer surface course on top. It is the hardest-wearing option for long drives, farm entrances and heavy vehicles.
Weldon is an old stone village on the east side of Corby, famous for Weldon stone, the limestone quarried here for centuries. Its historic centre of stone houses is surrounded by later estates that now join it to Corby.
We cover Weldon (NN17) and the villages around it, including Great Oakley, Little Oakley, Deene, Brigstock and Stanion.
Ground, drainage and conservation in Weldon
Weldon sits over the limestone and ironstone that were quarried here, and ground can change from natural rock to clay or fill within a garden. The Willow Brook runs past the village, so drainage needs designing rather than assuming.
Weldon has a conservation area covering the historic village, appraised in 2009. North Northamptonshire has no Article 4 direction in Weldon affecting driveways, porches or extensions.
The Willow Brook runs past Weldon, where the Environment Agency operates the Weldon flood storage reservoir. You can check any address on the Environment Agency flood map.
Sources: Weldon conservation area (Northamptonshire HER) · North Northamptonshire conservation areas.
Permissions and fees in Weldon
- 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 Weldon 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 Weldon 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
- Stone mastic asphalt surface course as our standard build
- Proper sub-base under it, so it does not rut or crack
- Granite sett or block borders that lift the whole frontage
- Long drives and farm entrances machine laid
The specification
- Old surface out and the ground checked
- 150mm compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Binder course laid hot and rolled
- SMA (stone mastic asphalt) surface course
- Sett, block or kerb edging restrained in concrete
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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