Front garden drives in Letchworth Garden City

What to know before a front garden driveway in Letchworth Garden City

Homes in Letchworth Garden City include plenty of semis and detached houses with room for a drive, plus older terraces where parking is tighter.

Flat ground across much of the East means falls have to be built in carefully so water does not sit on the drive.

How much does a front garden driveway cost in Letchworth Garden City?

Guide price in Letchworth Garden City£90–£145 per m²Including VAT at 20%

In the East of England, a front garden driveway usually costs £90–£145 per m² including VAT. For a 50 m² double drive, that is roughly £4,450–£7,350. Your exact price depends on what the survey or your photos show, and is fixed in writing before anything is booked.

Item	Guide price inc VAT
Concrete block driveway, new sub-base	£90–£145 per m²
Breaking out an old surface	£11–£40 per m²
Edging or kerb, bedded and haunched	£20–£55 per metre
Typical channel drain run	£370–£1,050
Dropped kerb (vehicle crossover) construction	£1,050–£3,150

Guide figures for the East of England, checked 9 November 2026. See all prices or use the guide price tool.

What you get with our front garden drives service

We check those three things before anything else. A typical small front garden needs the boundary wall or hedge opened, the ground dug out, a sub-base built and the surface laid so rain drains into a planted strip or through permeable blocks. Keeping a narrow planted border is often what makes the drainage work.

Optional bin store area, planting strip and low edging
Space check: car length, door swing and the gap to the pavement
Permeable blocks or falls to a planted border
Wall, hedge or fence opening and making good the ends
Dig-out, sub-base and edging

What we check on a Letchworth Garden City survey

Existing manhole and inspection covers, and whether to recess them
Edges against lawns, beds, walls and neighbours
Where an electric vehicle charger cable might run
Levels against the damp-proof course (the finished paving must sit at least 150 mm below it)
Whether front-garden planning rules apply

Do you need permission in Letchworth Garden City?

Letchworth Garden City is in England, so these rules apply:

In England, paving in front of the house that covers more than 5 m² needs planning permission unless it is permeable or drains to a lawn, border or soakaway inside your boundary. Permeable block paving, or standard blocks laid to fall onto a planted strip, avoid the need for permission in most cases.

Flats and maisonettes, listed buildings, and homes covered by an Article 4 direction can have tighter rules, and conservation areas, National Parks and National Landscapes restrict some permitted development.

A dropped kerb needs your local highway authority's approval (usually the county, unitary, metropolitan or London borough council), and a new access onto an A, B or C classified road also needs planning permission.

General guidance, not legal advice. Your survey confirms what applies to your home. See the planning guide.

What happens next

Send the basics
Postcode, what you need and a rough size. Photos help.
Survey
We measure, check levels, ground and drainage, and talk through blocks and patterns.
Written quote
An itemised quote with the specification, the price and the start date.
The work
Our paving team builds it to the agreed specification and leaves the site swept.

Why choose Block Paving Contractors

The dig and sub-base in writing

Your quote states the depth of dig, the sub-base thickness and how it is compacted.

Water planned first

Falls, channels and soakaways are designed before the pattern is chosen.

Edges set in concrete

Every edge restraint is bedded and haunched, so the paving cannot creep.

Itemised quotes

Break-out, waste, edging, drainage and covers are separate lines you can see.