In Titchfield, Tarmac & Asphalt is built around historic village ground: hot-rolled asphalt compacted over a prepared sub-base into a single dense, flat surface. Titchfield’s own driveways are shaped by frontages where material choice is shaped by heritage character rather than estate convention. That makes it a strong fit for larger driveways that can achieve a proper fall to a drainage point — worth knowing that standard tarmac is impermeable, so the drainage fall has to be built in at construction. Titchfield additionally has a conservation area with listed buildings, genuinely changing material and permission questions.
About Tarmac & Asphalt
Tarmac and asphalt driveways are formed from hot-rolled bitumen-bound aggregate, laid in one or two courses over a compacted stone sub-base and rolled while still hot to bond into a single dense, flat surface. It is quick to lay across a large area compared with unit-by-unit systems, copes well with sustained vehicle weight, and gives a classic, understated dark finish that suits both period and modern properties without competing with the architecture. Standard tarmac is not permeable, so correct falls and edge drainage need to be built in at construction rather than added afterward, and a sound, well-compacted sub-base is what actually determines how long the surface lasts rather than the tarmac layer alone.
Best suited to: larger driveways, properties wanting a low-fuss uniform finish, and sites that can achieve proper falls to a drainage point
Less suited to: sites with no viable drainage fall or where a permeable/SuDS-compliant surface is specifically wanted
Ground & property in Titchfield
Titchfield is a genuinely historic village with a conservation area and a number of listed buildings, and that changes the conversation on material choice and permission in a way that just doesn’t apply on a standard suburban street — what’s appropriate here is a different question to what’s appropriate on a 1980s estate.
Planning note: conservation area with listed buildings — genuine material and permission constraints