Plymouth · Exeter · Torbay
Resin driveways, laid properly
Granite, quartz and marble aggregate bound in clear resin and laid seamless. Permeable by construction, so it stays outside the planning rules that catch impermeable front garden surfacing, and it needs almost nothing doing to it once it is down.
Costs explained before you ring
What the job needs, and what drives the figure, set out on the page
Permeable by construction
Outside the planning rules that catch impermeable surfacing
Cost ranges published
Real figures on the site, before anyone asks for your number
Plymouth to Exeter and Torbay
The area one firm can genuinely service in a day
What we do
The same material laid for different purposes, with genuinely different builds underneath. A patio does not need what a driveway needs, and a car park needs considerably more than either.
- Resin Bound DrivewaysA seamless, permeable driveway surface made from natural stone aggregate bound in clear UV-stable resin, laid over a prepared base.
- Permeable Resin SurfacingSurfacing designed to let rainwater pass through into the ground rather than run off it, meeting the sustainable drainage expectations for front gardens.
- Resin Bound PatiosThe same seamless aggregate surface applied to garden terraces and seating areas, laid thinner than a driveway since it carries no vehicle loading.
- Resin Bound PathsGarden paths, side access and approach routes in the same seamless permeable surface, often laid at the same time as a driveway to match.
- Resin Driveway RepairsRepairs to existing resin surfaces: cracking, loose or shedding stone, oil staining, and surfaces that have failed because of what lies underneath.
- Commercial Resin SurfacingCar parks, forecourts, communal parking courts and access routes, where surface durability, drainage compliance and accessibility all carry more weight.
Where we cover
The Plymouth to Exeter to Torbay triangle. The coverage area is drawn around what one firm can genuinely service, which is why it stops where it does rather than claiming the whole county.
- PlymouthPL1, PL2, PL3, PL4, PL5, PL6, PL7, PL8, PL9Rebuilt after the Blitz to the Abercrombie plan, so a large share of the housing stock is 1950s and 1960s.
- ExeterEX1, EX2, EX3, EX4, EX5, EX6Built on and out of Permian red sandstone and breccia, which gives the city its red soil.
- ExmouthEX8Sandy, free-draining ground over Permian sandstone, unusually good percolation for the region.
- HonitonEX14A Georgian coaching town with a long, largely intact High Street and a conservation area covering it.
- Newton AbbotTQ12Sits at the edge of the Bovey Basin, the historic centre of English ball clay extraction.
- TorquayTQ1, TQ2Built on Devonian limestone, quarried locally and visible in the older walls and villas.
Compare aggregate blends
The blend is the decision most people spend longest on. These are approximations rendered on screen, so use them to narrow the shortlist, then look at physical samples outdoors at the property before you commit.
Aggregate is natural stone and varies between quarry batches, so no screen rendering is a reliable match for the finished surface. Ask to see physical samples in daylight at the property, next to the brick or render they will sit against.
What it costs
Indicative ranges per square metre, installed. These are genuinely wide because the variables genuinely are, and every figure here is subject to a site survey.
| Work | Per m2 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Resin bound over a sound existing base | £40 to £70 | No excavation or disposal. Depends on the condition of what is already there and how much repair it needs first. |
| Full installation, excavation and new permeable sub-base | £70 to £120 | The usual figure for a driveway built from the ground up. Ground conditions move this more than anything else. |
| Additional allowance on heavy clay | £10 to £25 | Extra sub-base depth, attenuation or a positive drainage outfall where water has nowhere to go. Common inland around Newton Abbot and Honiton. |
| Patios and paths | £35 to £65 | Laid thinner than a driveway since there is no vehicle loading. Small standalone areas carry a minimum charge. |
A quote that comes in well below these ranges is usually saving money somewhere you cannot see, and the three usual places are sub-base depth, surface depth and drainage. Ask for all three in writing and compare like for like.More on what moves the price.
Worth reading before you buy
Most of what goes wrong with a resin driveway is decided before anyone turns up: the base, the depth, the binder and whether the quote you accepted included them.
- What a resin driveway actually costsRealistic resin bound driveway prices per square metre, what moves the figure up or down, and the quote details that hide the real cost.
- Resin bound vs resin bondedTwo similar names, two very different surfaces. One is permeable and one is not, which changes the planning position and the price.
- Resin, block paving or tarmacHow the three main driveway surfaces compare on cost, lifespan, maintenance, drainage and repair, including where resin is the wrong choice.
- Planning permission, permeable surfaces and SuDSWhen a driveway needs planning permission in England, what the five square metre rule actually says, and how permeable surfacing changes the position.
About South Devon Resin
South Devon Resin is a regional lead service. We are not the firm with the trowel: enquiries made here go to an independent installation company where one covers the address, and that firm carries out any survey and the work itself.
We say so plainly because the alternative is pretending to be a company we are not, and because everything on this site that could be a credential, an accreditation, an insurance figure or a guarantee is simply absent until there is a named firm behind it who can evidence it. There are no reviews here for the same reason.
Thinking about a resin driveway?
Tell us what is there now and we will explain what it is likely to cost and whether a base like yours can usually be overlaid, then put you in touch with an installer where one covers your area. No charge for that, and no obligation.