Driveways in Evesham

Driveways on Evesham housing

Evesham sits in a loop of the Avon and parts of the town flood badly when the river rises, so drainage is not an afterthought on a driveway here. Near the river the ground is lower and wetter, a soakaway will not always work, and the fall and the outlet for the water are designed at the survey and itemised. On the higher ground around the estates at Fairfield and off the Cheltenham and Worcester roads the picture is more conventional, but we still look at where the water goes before we price anything.

A permeable surface over a base that cannot drain still floods.

Most of the driveway work is on the postwar and modern housing where the original hardstanding has sunk or cracked and the household runs more cars than the plot was laid out for. That is a dig-out, a compacted sub-base, drainage designed for the plot, and resin bound for a frontage on show, tarmac for a larger area or block paving on the more traditional houses.

In the conservation area in the centre, removing a wall or railings can need consent from Wychavon District Council, and a dropped kerb is an application to Worcestershire County Council as the highway authority.