Armoured Drives installs new driveways, patios and landscaping across Derby, from Spondon and Chaddesden in the east to Littleover and Mickleover in the west. We are a family-run company with 20+ years of experience and a lot of work just along the A52 in Borrowash and Long Eaton. Our own team does every job, there is no deposit to pay, and new installations come with a 10-year guarantee.
The side of the city closest to us. Lots of interwar and post-war semis where the job is widening a single drive or turning a front lawn into parking, plus newer homes around Chellaston wanting a smarter finish than the builder's original. More on Spondon.
Larger plots, mature gardens and some older properties. Darley Abbey is part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site and has a conservation area, so materials such as setts or clay-look block paving and sympathetic boundaries matter here.
A mix of established streets and large newer estates. Owners often want to widen a drive for a second car, replace a tired surface or add a patio, and permeable resin bound or block paving keeps rainwater on site.
We install block paving, tarmac, resin bound, pattern imprinted concrete, gravel and cobblestone driveways, each excavated to the right depth and built on a properly compacted sub-base with drainage designed in. Compare them side by side on our driveways page.
For the garden, we lay Indian sandstone, porcelain, concrete paving and block paving patios, and carry out landscaping including paths, steps, new lawns and turf, and panel, closeboard, picket and trellis fencing.
Derby City Council is the highway authority for the whole city, and it is strict about vehicle crossings: driving over the pavement without an authorised dropped kerb is against the law, and no work can start on the footway until the council has given written permission. Here is how the pieces fit together:
| Step | Who |
|---|---|
| Survey the frontage, levels and drainage, and design the driveway | Armoured Drives, at the free site survey |
| Check whether planning permission is needed (for example, an impermeable surface over five square metres or a conservation area) | You, with Derby City Council planning. We will flag it if it is likely to apply |
| Apply for the vehicle crossing and pay the non-refundable application fee | You, to Derby City Council |
| Build the dropped kerb on the public pavement | Only once the council has given written permission, by a contractor with the street works qualifications the council checks |
| Build the driveway on your property | Armoured Drives, with no deposit and a 10-year guarantee on new installations |
As well as the city, we cover the surrounding towns and villages, including Spondon, Borrowash, Shardlow, Melbourne, Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Castle Donington. See all the areas we cover in Derbyshire.
Derby City Council. It is the highway authority for the whole city, including Spondon, so a new or wider vehicle crossing needs its written permission. There is a non-refundable application fee, and no work on the pavement can start until the council has approved it.
Yes. Derby City Council says it is against the law to drive over a public footway without an authorised vehicle crossing, because it damages the pavement and the services underneath. The council can require unauthorised crossings to be put right at the owner's expense.
Usually not, if the surface is permeable or drains onto a lawn or border. More than five square metres of impermeable surface in a front garden without suitable drainage usually needs permission from Derby City Council. In conservation areas, such as Darley Abbey, extra controls can apply, so check first.
All of it. We work most often in the east of the city, in Spondon, Chaddesden, Alvaston and Chellaston, close to Borrowash and Long Eaton, and we also cover Allestree, Darley Abbey, Oakwood, Littleover, Mickleover and Mackworth.
No. You pay when the work is finished. New driveway, patio and landscaping installations come with our 10-year guarantee on workmanship and materials, subject to terms and conditions.
For a free, no-obligation site survey and written quote anywhere in Derby, call 0800 696 5195 or get in touch online.
Call us now and receive a free, no-obligation quote. Contact us at 0115 778 8190 or complete your details here, and we’ll be in touch as soon as possible.
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