Driveways, Brickwork & Landscaping in Sawston

A large village of family houses

Sawston is one of the biggest villages in South Cambridgeshire. It has an old core along the High Street, near the Tudor Sawston Hall, but most of its housing was built from the mid-twentieth century onwards as the village grew with local industry and with Cambridge.

Homes from the 1950s to the 1980s were built with a single car in mind. Many still have the original concrete strips or a narrow tarmac drive, with a front lawn that could usefully become parking. Widening and resurfacing in block paving is the most practical upgrade, and the same houses often have room for a side or rear extension.

What to check first

If a wider drive needs a longer dropped kerb, that has to be approved by Cambridgeshire County Council before the kerb is altered. The new surface should be permeable, or fall to a drain or planted border inside your boundary, so it does not need planning permission.