Sunninghill · SL5 · Berkshire
Paving & Driveways in Sunninghill.
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Paving & Driveways
Sunninghill, SL5
Block Paving
£80–£130 /m²
Includes excavation, MOT Type 1 sub-base and edging
Sunninghill
Paving & Driveways in Sunninghill, Berkshire
What changes here.
A driveway job in Sunninghill is planned around the village's own street layout before it is planned around the ground. Properties fronting the High Street and Lower Village Road sit inside the resident permit area, so a skip, a plate compactor and a delivery lorry parked outside for a fortnight is not an option the way it might be on a wider suburban road. We build the programme around the School Road junction as well: deliveries and muck-away are booked outside the morning and afternoon school run, not scheduled around it as an afterthought once the crew is already on site.
Paving & Driveways ground conditions in Sunninghill
Older plots close to the High Street were mostly built out generations ago, so once a worn driveway comes up there is nearly always an existing sub-base underneath it — usually undersized by current standards and worth testing rather than assuming is reusable. The newer plots on developments set back from the High Street, such as Sunninghill Square, are the opposite case: recent groundworks, but often a builder's sub-base laid to get the house sold rather than to the depth a driveway needs for the long term. Either way we dig down to confirm what is actually there before quoting a resurface over it.
Planning and permissions in Sunninghill
Sunninghill falls under the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and the Ascot, Sunninghill and Sunningdale Neighbourhood Plan, the same as Ascot, so the permitted development tests for a driveway surface are the same test applied to a different street. A non-permeable surface over 5m² to the front of the house needs approval; resin bound or permeable block paving generally does not. Where a new dropped kerb is needed we run the RBWM crossover application, and where the property sits on the resident permit stretch of the High Street we agree parking suspension for the build with the council rather than leaving the crew to find a space on the day.
Pricing guide
Paving & Driveways costs in Sunninghill.
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 Sunninghill FAQs
In Sunninghill, specifically.
Yes, but the delivery has to be booked, not turned up cold. The High Street is a resident permit area and narrow at the pinch points, so we confirm the current one-way and loading arrangement with RBWM before the job starts and time deliveries outside the School Road drop-off and pick-up window. A lorry that cannot find anywhere to stand costs the job a morning, so this gets sorted at quote stage rather than on the day.
It depends which part of the village you are in. Around the High Street, older properties usually have a driveway laid decades ago on a sub-base that predates current standards. On the newer plots near developments like Sunninghill Square, the sub-base is more recent but was sometimes built to a builder's finish rather than a landscaper's. We dig a test pit at survey either way rather than assume a resurface will hold.
In the Upper Village Road or Queen's Road car parks wherever the job allows, rather than adding a van to a High Street that is already tight on resident permit parking. Where the plot itself has room we use that instead. Either way it is agreed before the start date, not worked out by the crew on the first morning.
Yes. We submit and manage the crossover application with the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, the same authority that covers Ascot and Sunningdale, and build the design around the approval timeline so the kerb and the driveway are one piece of work rather than the driveway waiting on the highways side.
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