Both of our daughters have recently passed their driving test and purchased a car. Currently, we park our vehicles on the driveway and our daughters park on the road outside the house (see below)
Due to this, and a crumbling, pot-holed asphalt driveway (see below), we are planning on combining both increased parking provision with an attractive, welcoming front garden. {{image:121246}}
A photograph showing a residential driveway leading to a garage with a white car parked on the right side.
Our plan is to: -
remove part of the lawn and replace it, along with the current driveway, with permeable Tobermore Heather Tegula paving.
remove two metres of the front hedge and install a drop kerb.
level the existing sloping lawn and reseed. This will not exceed the existing highest ground level of the lawn.
build a retaining wall around the paved driveway and in front of the hedges. This will be constructed of Tobermore Heather face bricks with underlit coping stones on top. This will not exceed 0.2 metres above ground level.
remove the untidy boundary hedge and replace it with a Griselinia hedge, which will be in keeping with the neighbour's hedge on their property.
cover the existing concrete path in front of the house with permeable Tobermore buff paving slabs and create a step that will take you from these paving slabs to the lawn area.
replace the drain covers.
Various views: -
A collage of six photographs showing the existing driveway and front garden area of a detached house, including views of new paving work and brick edging.A photograph showing a residential street with parked cars and houses in the background.
DEPT OF SANTA MARIA POOD ABB MERKELEY
A photograph showing a detached house with a driveway where a white van and car are parked.A street-level photograph showing a row of residential houses with cars parked along the curb and a green hedge.
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Source & Provenance
Official reference
23/00926/B
Source authority
Isle of Man Government Planning & Building Control
