Hi all
I live on an unadopted road and we had to make it good ourselves. Tarmac was not an option without full drainage installed as the council said the run off on to the council owned lower section of road would be too big. In addition, PP was required for it.
We ended up using a plastic grid and prepping the ground ourselves. One section has been down for 9 months and the other was put down last week. Seems to do the job and is a lot better than all the mud, rocks and potholes we had to contend with previously. No planning was required.
The first section has had bin lorries, a 25 tonne crane and HGVs on it and it’s fine. Maybe worth a look for those in despair!
I reckon it goes down for circa £25m2 if you do it yourself.