Guide to Driveway Legislation

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Oct 31, 2012) - If you''re thinking of landscaping your outdoor space, and are considering driveway paving then you''ll need to be aware of the changes to planning laws and legislation. Aggregate Industries bring to you a comprehensive guide to driveway legislation.

What are the planning laws?

From 1st October 2008, rules were introduced for householders wanting to hard surface their front gardens. If you want to cover more than five square meters then you''ll need planning permission for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not control rainwater running off into roads. It applies to new driveways, drive extensions or drive replacements. You won''t need planning permission if the surface is less than five square metres or if the surface is permeable or porous or if a traditional surface is laid and the rainwater is directed to a lawn or border to drain naturally, or if it is directed to a soakaway via a drainage channel.

What solutions are there which don''t require planning permission?

There are lots of solutions available:

Tell me more about permeable or porous surfaces!

The simplest solution is a surface layer of loose gravel over a driveway sub-base.

Hard surfacing which allows water to soak into it can be laid with concrete permeable paving or porous asphalt. They must be laid on top of a sub-base which allows water to be stored and pass through and unlike traditional hardcore.

You can use Bradstone Drainage, Bedding and Jointing Aggregates as a sub base for permeable paving.

What about natural drainage solutions?

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Guide to Driveway Legislation