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Tarmac and block paving driveways, paths and parking areas in Lichfield, laid on properly prepared sub-bases with drainage built in.
Request a quoteAbout Staff4dshire Groundworks & UtilitiesStaff4dshire Groundworks & Utilities builds new driveways, paths and parking areas for homes and businesses in Lichfield, Whittington, Shenstone, Fradley, Alrewas and Streethay. We do the dig, the sub-base, the drainage and the surface ourselves.
Lichfield is a cathedral city with a large conservation area of Georgian and older brick buildings around the Close, Bore Street and Dam Street. Around that core are 20th-century estates such as Boley Park, Leomansley and Curborough, and big new developments at Streethay and on the southern edge of the city.
Some properties in Lichfield are in a conservation area, where the choice of surface and boundary details can need extra thought.
For Lichfield (WS13 and WS14), planning applications are handled by Lichfield District Council, and highways matters such as scaffold licences, skips on the road and dropped kerbs by Staffordshire County Council. Our yard at Kimberley Business Park is about nine miles down the A51 from our Rugeley yard.
We agree levels against the house damp-proof course, existing paths and the pavement before any work starts, and we leave the site swept and clean with the old surface removed.
We dig out to the right depth for vehicle loads, lay and compact a Type 1 sub-base in layers, then fix kerbs or edging before laying the surface. Cutting corners at this stage is why so many drives sink and rut.
Photos from our own sites across Staffordshire and the West Midlands. Click to enlarge.
📍 Rob, Lichfield
We turned Rob's garden in Lichfield into a complete outdoor living space, with sandstone paving, decorative gravel on a stabilisation grid, raised sleeper beds and a new 8x4 shed on a concrete base. The centrepiece is a semi-sunken block-and-brick firepit area under a hardwood pergola. We also fitted a new 7.3m canopy, a hardwood gate and new fencing, and kept the Red Robin and roses Rob wanted to save.
📍 Becky, Lichfield
We restored Becky's paving in Lichfield. We cleaned and re-grouted around 60m² of patio, plus the pathway, the steps and the coping tiles, so the whole garden looks fresh again.
New housing at Streethay and on the south side of Lichfield has brought a lot of drainage, driveway and extension work, often on clay ground that needs proper foundations and soakaway testing. We check the site and any available records before we price the work.
Tarmac is quicker to lay and usually cheaper per square metre; block paving offers more design choice and individual blocks can be lifted and relaid. Our blog post on tarmac vs block paving explains it in detail.
Yes. We lay tarmac and block-paved car parks and hardstandings for commercial sites as well as homes.
Yes. We add ACO channels across the entrance or by the house, gullies and soakaways sized for the area.
We cover Lichfield and nearby areas including Whittington, Shenstone, Fradley, Alrewas and Streethay.
Email us your details and we will arrange a site visit, or call the office on 01889 256069.
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