Driveway
Block paved driveway with an EV charger and linear drainage
Charger position cut around cleanly, water caught in a channel at the road edge.
Driveways and patios in Aylesbury
We are based at Claydon House Business Centre on Edison Road, so Aylesbury is the town we are in and out of every day. That matters more than it sounds: a guarantee is only worth something if returning to a job is a ten-minute drive rather than a day out.
The ground under Aylesbury
Most of Aylesbury sits on Gault Clay. It holds water, it shrinks and swells with the seasons, and it gives soakaways very little to work with. On clay we dig deeper, use more imported stone and design the drainage to store and release rather than infiltrate. A driveway built on 75mm of scalpings over Aylesbury clay will rut inside a couple of winters.
Planning and heritage
The town centre has a designated conservation area around the old town and Market Square. If your property sits inside it, or is listed, permitted development rights can be restricted and works to front boundary walls and railings often need consent. Check with Buckinghamshire Council before ordering materials.
Access, kerbs and deliveries
Terraced and Victorian frontages around the town centre frequently mean no side access, so spoil and materials get barrowed through or craned over. That is labour hours, and we price it honestly rather than discovering it on day one. Dropped kerbs anywhere in the town are licensed by Buckinghamshire Council at £520.38.
Worth knowing locally
Parking pressure
Converting a front garden to off-street parking is the most common enquiry we take in the town. It almost always brings a dropped kerb application with it, and the planning position has to be settled first.
EV chargers
Ducting laid under the drive while it is open costs very little. Retro-fitting means cutting a finished surface, and the patch never quite disappears.
The kind of work we'd be doing for you
These are documented builds from our own photographs — the same details, edges and drainage we'd bring to a job in Aylesbury.
Driveway
Charcoal block driveway to a double garage
Full-width charcoal tumbled block, soldier course borders, photographed wet.
Patio
Porcelain terrace with channel drainage
Large-format porcelain run to a channel drain along the house edge.
What we do in Aylesbury
Driveways
Block paving, resin bound, tarmac, gravel, imprinted concrete and permeable build-ups.
Patios
Porcelain, natural stone and sandstone terraces, steps and threshold drainage.
Landscaping
Full garden builds, retaining walls, planting beds, edging and levels.
Groundworks
Excavation, sub-base, drainage and everything nobody photographs.
Before anybody digs: three things to check
Planning permission, the kerb crossing and where the water goes. We work these out with you at quote stage — these pages explain the rules so you can check them yourself.
- Do you need planning permission? The 5m² rule →Aylesbury has designated heritage constraints, so check the planning position before anyone orders materials.
- Dropped kerbs in Buckinghamshire — £520.38 and the order it goes in →
- Where the water is supposed to go →
Buckinghamshire Council: dropped kerb licence — apply here (opens in a new tab)The council's own application page, with the current fee and requirements.
Download the “Before anybody digs” checklist (PDF)Two pages you can print and take round the drive — planning, kerb, drainage, and the questions to ask before accepting anyone's quote.
What it costs
Indicative rates are the same across our patch; what changes is the dig, the drainage and the access — all of which are set by your particular plot, not your postcode.