Best option for front path surfacing

195aph

you should be looking at a product that meets the criteria for Sustainable Urban Drainage Solutions (SUDS) to help avoid flooding.

There are lots of plastic pavers (open mesh grids) on the market that can be filled with gravel, grass or even low growing herbs.

Dare to be different and do the right thing for the planet and your neighbourhood.

NervyBuyer

FreeBear said:

Slinky said: To supply and lay 150mm thickness of Type 1 hardcore well compacted to the correct falls and levels.

As a neighbour said to me (he does patios & stuff) when I said I was putting down 150mm+ of MOT1 - "Just how many trucks are you planning on parking ?".

In response to comments about using tarmac, concrete, or paving slabs - Anything more than 5m² of impervious paving may well be subject to planning permission. Block paving, if done right, is permeable and would fall under permitted development.

It's already tarmac-ed (has been for at least 25 years, since before I owned it) so wouldn't replacing like with like avoid the need for planning permission?

NervyBuyer

195aph said:

you should be looking at a product that meets the criteria for Sustainable Urban Drainage Solutions (SUDS) to help avoid flooding.

There are lots of plastic pavers (open mesh grids) on the market that can be filled with gravel, grass or even low growing herbs.

Dare to be different and do the right thing for the planet and your neighbourhood.

That gravel arrangement looks like a possibility. I don't think grass is suitable for walking 12m up to your front door. The areas to either side of the path (our front gardens) are already completely grass (approx 120sqm).

bjorn_toby_wilde

NervyBuyer said:

FreeBear said:

Slinky said: To supply and lay 150mm thickness of Type 1 hardcore well compacted to the correct falls and levels.

As a neighbour said to me (he does patios & stuff) when I said I was putting down 150mm+ of MOT1 - "Just how many trucks are you planning on parking ?".

In response to comments about using tarmac, concrete, or paving slabs - Anything more than 5m² of impervious paving may well be subject to planning permission. Block paving, if done right, is permeable and would fall under permitted development.

It's already tarmac-ed (has been for at least 25 years, since before I owned it) so wouldn't replacing like with like avoid the need for planning permission?

You should be fine if the water runs off into the garden either side.

”If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning permission will be needed for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not provide for the water to run to a permeable area.”

fionaandphil

We had a resin bound path installed which is hard wearing and easy to maintain, available in a range of colours too https://www.softsurfaces.co.uk/resin-bonded/

Yorkie1

I'm not sure I'd want to walk on that gravel / grass arrangement in shoes with pointed heels (I never wear such shoes but can imagine how difficult it would be to do so...!).

Eldi_Dos

195aph said:

you should be looking at a product that meets the criteria for Sustainable Urban Drainage Solutions (SUDS) to help avoid flooding.

There are lots of plastic pavers (open mesh grids) on the market that can be filled with gravel, grass or even low growing herbs.

Dare to be different and do the right thing for the planet and your neighbourhood

I can see the benifits of this in flat areas, parking, patio, for instance but in this case with a 12 metre upward sloping path doubt it is a good idea. Would make access more difficult for anyone who is less mobile and has to use a mobility aid. Indeed Patient Transfer Staff may not be able to use some of their equipment on that.

casper_gutman

fionaandphil said:

We had a resin bound path installed which is hard wearing and easy to maintain, available in a range of colours too https://www.softsurfaces.co.uk/resin-bonded/

At the risk of coming across as pedantic, is your path resin bound or resin bonded? Confusingly, they're apparently quite different things! Resin Bound vs Resin Bonded - Resin Bonded Aggregates

fionaandphil

@casper_gutman it's the resin bound one as it's permeable to allow the rain to drain through

Slinky

casper_gutman said:

fionaandphil said:

We had a resin bound path installed which is hard wearing and easy to maintain, available in a range of colours too https://www.softsurfaces.co.uk/resin-bonded/

At the risk of coming across as pedantic, is your path resin bound or resin bonded? Confusingly, they're apparently quite different things! Resin Bound vs Resin Bonded - Resin Bonded Aggregates

I used to deliver to a house with a sloping resin bonded drive. It was very slippery with frost on it.