Egham · TW20 · Surrey
Paving & Driveways in Egham.
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Paving & Driveways
Egham, TW20
Block Paving
£80–£130 /m²
Includes excavation, MOT Type 1 sub-base and edging
Egham
Paving & Driveways in Egham, Surrey
What changes here.
An Egham driveway starts with the same question every job here starts with: where does the water go when the Thames is high. Permeable surfacing is not a nice-to-have in a town that took the worst of the 2014 flooding in Runnymede borough — it is the sensible default, and we design the drainage before the surface material is chosen rather than after. Housing stock ranges from Victorian and Edwardian terraces with no side access through inter-war and post-war semis to larger detached plots, and each wants a different answer on access as much as on drainage.
Paving & Driveways ground conditions in Egham
Ground across much of Egham holds water for longer after heavy rain than a town further from the river would, so a driveway sub-base here gets built with a positive outfall or a permeable build-up designed for the wettest week of the year rather than an average one. On the Victorian and Edwardian terraces with no side return, access is often the bigger practical constraint than the ground itself — where the only route to the rear is through the house, we protect floors and barrow materials rather than machine them through, and price that honestly rather than discovering it on day one.
Planning and permissions in Egham
Runnymede Borough Council handles planning and conservation area consent for Egham driveways, and the standard permitted development rules apply — a non-permeable surface over 5m² needs approval, while resin bound or permeable block paving usually keeps a job within permitted development. Egham itself is a designated conservation area, though the boundary covers part of the town rather than all of it, and front-facing driveway work inside it draws more scrutiny. Where the new surface crosses a public footpath, Surrey County Council issues the dropped kerb licence as the separate highway authority, and we run both applications together.
Pricing guide
Paving & Driveways costs in Egham.
Ranges, not quotes. Access, levels, drainage and ground conditions move these numbers in both directions, and only the survey settles it. We publish them so you can sanity-check anyone else's figure before you agree to it.
| Material / option | Typical cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Block Paving | £80–£130 /m² | Includes excavation, MOT Type 1 sub-base and edging |
| Resin Bound | £70–£110 /m² | SuDS compliant, UV stable aggregate |
| Natural Stone Setts | £120–£200 /m² | Granite or sandstone, cut and laid by hand |
| Typical driveway (50m²) | £4,000–£8,000 | Full supply and install, drainage included |
Scope of works
Paving & Driveways — what's included
- Excavation to 250mm minimum, MOT Type 1 sub-base
- Block paving in herringbone, basketweave & stretcher bond
- Resin-bound surfacing — SuDS & planning compliant
- Natural stone: granite setts, sandstone & limestone
- Drainage channels designed with the falls, not after
- Edging, kerbing, and dropped kerb coordination
- Groundworks for driveway gates and lighting
- Line marking and finishing details
Paving & Driveways in Egham FAQs
In Egham, specifically.
Because Egham took the worst of the flooding in Runnymede borough when the Thames rose in February 2014, and ground here holds water for longer after heavy rain as a result. We design driveways around permeable surfacing and a positive outfall rather than assuming the standard sub-base will cope, because a driveway that floods in a wet winter has not been built to the conditions the town actually experiences.
Often yes, though the method changes. A lot of Egham's Victorian and Edwardian terraces have no side return, so materials go in and spoil comes out through the house, protected with floor boarding at every stage. We price that access honestly at survey rather than adding it as a surprise once the job is underway.
Not immediately, and not evenly. The Environment Agency-led scheme adds flood channel capacity through Runnymede and Spelthorne, with real benefit nearest the new channel, but it does not remove the case for permeable surfacing on a driveway built now. We design to current conditions rather than to a scheme still being delivered.
Only if the property sits inside the designated boundary, which covers part of the town rather than all of it — Runnymede also has separate conservation areas at Egham Hythe, Englefield Green and Thorpe. We check your specific address at survey, since front-facing driveway work inside a conservation boundary draws more scrutiny than the same job outside it.
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