In Totton, Resin Bound Driveways is built around low-lying, flat Test-estuary-edge ground: a seamless aggregate-and-resin surface, trowelled flat with no loose stone and no gaps for weeds. Locally, the driveway most often needed is one dealing with flat sites with genuinely nowhere for surface water to run to naturally. It is best suited to front-garden conversions and swept curves where a clean, low-maintenance finish matters most, though a permeable build-up is what makes it SuDS-compliant — an impermeable base means it isn’t. There is also flat, low-lying ground where rainwater has nowhere to drain away naturally to plan around.
About Resin Bound Driveways
Resin bound driveways mix a graded natural aggregate fully through a clear UV-stable resin, then trowel the blend to a smooth, flat, close-textured finish over a properly prepared sub-base or a sound existing concrete or tarmac base. Because every stone is fully coated and bound, there is no loose material to migrate, sweep away or catch in shoes, and no gap for weeds to establish. It suits front-garden conversions, curved or swept driveways, and properties where a clean, contemporary, low-maintenance finish matters. Specified with a permeable build-up it also meets SuDS drainage requirements; specified over an impermeable base it does not, so the build-up matters more than the surface layer itself.
Best suited to: small to mid-size front-garden conversions, curved sweeps, and any property where a seamless no-weed finish is the priority
Less suited to: very heavy commercial vehicle loading, where a thicker structural surface like tarmac is the more sensible choice
Ground & property in Totton
Totton grew rapidly after the war on the low-lying edge of the Test estuary, and its flat sites genuinely have nowhere for surface water to run to naturally — which makes how a driveway handles rainwater a bigger factor here than almost anywhere else in the catchment.
Coastal / flood note: flat, low-lying ground with nowhere for surface water to drain naturally