Resin Driveways in Stockport
We lay resin bound, block paving and tarmac driveways for homes in Stockport, sized to suit the council's dropped kerb checks.
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Manchester Resin Drives lays resin bound driveways, block paving driveways and tarmac driveways for homes in Stockport. We also lay resin patios and resin paths and steps.
Stockport Council says that if you want to drop or lower the kerb outside your house, you need its permission so that it can make sure it will be safe.
Apply for the kerb before the drive
Stockport Council says that if you are thinking of turning your front garden into a drive, you must apply for a dropped kerb before you start any work. So we do not dig out a Stockport front garden until you know where the council stands.
We can measure up early, so you have the sizes to hand when you apply.
The sizes Stockport checks
Stockport Council says your drive must be more than 4.8 metres deep, measured from your house to where the drive meets the pavement. If you park in front of a main door, the council says it must be 5.5 metres deep. It also says the drive must be more than 2.4 metres wide at all points, with a gradient (slope) of less than 10%.
We measure the depth, width and slope on our visit. Where a garden is close on depth, we look at whether moving a wall or a step would give you the room.
When planning permission comes in
Stockport Council says you will need planning permission to drop the kerb if the road is a classified road, if your house is in a conservation area or is a listed building, or if your drive is over 5 square metres and the surface does not let water drain through. It says to get planning permission before you apply for the dropped kerb.
We pay most attention to that last point, because the surface we lay decides it. Government guidance says a new drive of any size needs no planning permission if it uses a permeable (or porous) surface, or if the rain runs off onto a lawn or border. We lay resin bound on an open stone base, so the rain soaks through.
Who builds the crossing
Stockport Council says the simplest way to get a new crossing built is to employ its own contractor. You can use a suitably qualified and insured highway contractor instead, but the council says they will need its licence to work in the highway, which costs £350 at present.
We build the drive behind the pavement, and we work to the line and level the crossing is built to.
What Stockport says a dropped kerb costs
We take these figures from Stockport Council's dropped kerb page, and they cover the kerb and the pavement, not the drive we lay.
| Item | Council figure |
|---|---|
| Assessment visit | £220.48 |
| Average single-width dropped kerb, around 2.4 metres | £1,500 |
| Moving a street lamp 1.5 metres | about £2,000 |
We price your drive on its own, in writing, after we have measured it.
Questions about driveways in Stockport
What if Stockport turns down my dropped kerb?
Stockport Council says that if it cannot approve your request, it can advise you on the changes you could make. If you make them, it says it will come back and re-assess your property for no extra charge. We can tell you whether the change it asks for is something we can build into the drive.
There is a tree near my front garden. Does that matter?
It can, because Stockport Council says you also need to apply for permission to do any work involving a tree with a Tree Protection Order (TPO). We check for trees close to the line of the drive when we visit, and we flag any that might need that permission.
Why can't I just drive over the kerb as it is?
Stockport Council says that without a proper crossing you may damage the kerb itself, or the gas and water pipes that may be under the pavement. We plan your drive around a proper crossing for that reason.
Do you work near Stockport too?
Yes, we lay drives across Greater Manchester, including Cheadle, Bramhall and Sale.
Get a quote in Stockport
Fill in our quote form with your Stockport postcode and a rough size for the drive. We will come out, measure the depth, width and slope, and give you a written quote. See everything else we lay on the Manchester Resin Drives home page.
Ready to talk about your resin driveway job?
Send the quote form with your postcode and what you need. We will get back to you with a written quote.