Where these prices come from
Four published UK cost guides, read on 27 September 2026. Every figure on this site cites one of them. No in-house rates, no averages, no numbers we made up.
Where these prices come from
Four published UK cost guides. We read them on 27 September 2026, recorded what each one says, and cite them per figure rather than blending them into an average that belongs to nobody.
- Guide updated:
- Cost tables dated April–June 2026; page dated 02/2026
- Read by us:
- 2026-09-27
Costs stated as reviewed by estimators who are RICS and CIOB members. The highest per-m² figures of the four guides.
Read the guide →- Guide updated:
- 26 August 2026
- Read by us:
- 2026-09-27
Splits every size band into separate material and labour figures.
Read the guide →- Guide updated:
- 21 August 2026
- Read by us:
- 2026-09-27
The only one of the four that itemises groundwork — excavation, sub-base, edging and drainage — as separate rates.
Read the guide →- Guide updated:
- 29 August 2025
- Read by us:
- 2026-09-27
A year older than the other three, and the cheapest. Treat its figures as a floor rather than a current market rate.
Read the guide →The rule
No figure appears anywhere on this site unless it can be traced to a published source, named on the page, with the date that source says it was last updated.
That is not a marketing position. It is the only defensible way to run a cost site with no trading history behind it. We have never laid a driveway, so we have no rates of our own to publish, and inventing some would make every number here worthless.
What we do not do
We do not average the sources. Four guides spanning £35 to £120 per m² have a mean of about £70, and that £70 describes nothing — it is not what anyone charges and not what any guide says. Presenting it would be the most misleading number on the site. Where the sources disagree, we show the disagreement.
We do not silently pick a favourite. Where a source contradicts itself — and one does; see below — we say which figure we used and why.
We do not claim to know the market better than the guides do. We have no survey data, no jobs completed and no supplier pricing. What we have is four published guides read carefully and quoted accurately, which is more than most sites in this niche offer.
Where the sources disagree with themselves
MyBuilder publishes a headline rate of £40 to £70 per m² for resin bound. It also answers the question “how much will a 100m² resin bound driveway cost” with £6,000 to £10,000, which is £60 to £100 per m².
Those do not reconcile. We use the worked 100m² example for the large size band and the headline rate for the smaller bands, because the worked example is size-specific and the headline is not. Flagged here rather than quietly resolved.
On the age of the guides
HomeHow’s guide is dated August 2025; the other three are 2026. It is also consistently the cheapest of the four, by a wide margin.
Draw the obvious conclusion. Treat HomeHow’s figures as a floor — what the job cost a year ago, in a market where aggregate, fuel and labour have not got cheaper — rather than as a live quote. We have kept it in because a floor is genuinely useful information, and removing the inconvenient source would be the opposite of what this page is for.
What these figures are not
They are indicative ranges published for information. They are not quotes, not offers, and not specific to your property. We are not an installer, we have not seen your drive, and we are not responsible for what anyone quotes you.
If you spot a figure on this site that misrepresents its source, tell us and we will fix it.
Ready to get real numbers?
Send us the drive and your postcode and the enquiry goes to installers covering your area. A published range is a sanity check, not a price.