Wentworth · GU25 · Surrey
Paving & Driveways in Wentworth.
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Paving & Driveways
Wentworth, GU25
Block Paving
£80–£130 /m²
Includes excavation, MOT Type 1 sub-base and edging
Wentworth
Paving & Driveways in Wentworth, Surrey
What changes here.
Wentworth Estate driveways start with the Roads Committee rather than the design brief. Every plot here sits off a private road that the Committee owns, maintains and expects contractors to consult before work begins, so access windows, delivery routes and where a mini digger crosses the verge get agreed before a shovel goes in the ground. Long, gated approaches are the norm on the estate rather than the exception, which usually means more sub-base to build and more room to get the falls right. Block paving and natural stone setts sit comfortably against the estate's older brick and stone frontages; resin bound is the more common choice on the newer rebuilds, where a clean permeable surface suits the architecture and keeps the drainage design straightforward on ground that already sheds water quickly.
Paving & Driveways ground conditions in Wentworth
The estate sits on the Bagshot Beds — fine, often silty sand running deep over pockets of Bracklesham and London Clay — the same acidic, free-draining geology that gave the estate's pine and heather heathland its character before the houses went up. It drains fast, which is good for a driveway base but no excuse to skip compaction: we still dig a minimum 250mm, build MOT Type 1 in compacted layers on a geotextile membrane, and set falls to carry water into a soakaway or permeable margin. Long driveways here often run close to mature pines and oaks original to the heathland, and root protection areas are hand-dug rather than machine-excavated wherever a run passes near a trunk, because damaging a root system is a Roads Committee matter, not just a landscaping one.
Planning and permissions in Wentworth
Because the driveway connects to a private road rather than a public highway, the usual council dropped-kerb application does not apply here — the entrance and any works affecting the road or verge need the Roads Committee's agreement instead, and we submit that alongside the design rather than after. Where the drive runs close enough to a tree that roots would be cut or a canopy reduced to get machinery through, that also needs the Committee's approval under the felling and works covenant before we price the job, because a scheme that depends on an unapproved tree change is not one we will quote against. Where the property itself needs anything from Runnymede Borough Council, we identify that separately at survey.
Pricing guide
Paving & Driveways costs in Wentworth.
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 Wentworth FAQs
In Wentworth, specifically.
Yes, where the work affects the private road or verge the driveway joins — which is almost every job, since the estate's roads are the Committee's to maintain, not the council's. We agree the access route, delivery windows and any verge protection with the Roads Committee at survey stage and build that sign-off into the programme, rather than turning up and discovering the entrance is off-limits that week.
Usually, yes, with the design routed around the root protection area rather than through it. The estate's pines and oaks are original to the heathland and a felling covenant applies to any of them, so where a wider entrance would mean cutting roots or reducing a canopy, that goes to the Roads Committee for approval before we price the wider option at all.
Block paving or natural stone setts, most often — they sit better against the estate's mature brick and stone frontages than a stark resin finish does. On the newer rebuilds nearer the Club, resin bound is more common and works well with the estate's fast-draining Bagshot sand, since it stays permeable without the maintenance a jointed surface needs.
Deliveries are booked into fixed windows agreed with the Roads Committee, and verges are boarded out before anything heavy crosses them, because those verges belong to the Committee and repairing one it did not agree to have damaged becomes an estate matter as much as a driveway one.
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