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title: "Gold resin bound gated driveway, Gloucester (2024) | Solid Ground Paving"
description: "Case study from Gloucester: a large gated forecourt surfaced in gold resin bound aggregate, with a contrasting block border sweeping around the turning area."
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date_published: 2026-08-06
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# Gold resin bound gated driveway, Gloucester

A large gated forecourt surfaced in gold resin bound aggregate, with a contrasting block border sweeping around the turning area. Recorded on site in Gloucester in 2024; the notes below describe how it was built rather than how it looks.

## Key facts

- **Town:** Gloucester
- **Year:** 2024
- **Surface:** Resin bound surfacing
- **Record:** Site photograph, own work

## What was built here?

A large gated forecourt surfaced in gold resin bound aggregate over a permeable base, with a contrasting block paved border sweeping around the turning area to restrain the edge. The build-up under it follows the same specification we use on every job: excavate to formation, compacted sub-base, laying course, then the surface itself with edges restrained before any traffic goes on.

## How are the edges held?

Every edge is restrained on concrete haunching before the surface is compacted. Edge restraint is the single most common failure point on domestic paving, because once a border can move the field spreads and the joints open.

- Excavation to a firm formation, not just a skim off the topsoil
- Compacted sub-base in layers rather than one deep lift
- Edges haunched and left to cure before trafficking

## Where does the water go?

Falls are set away from the building and taken to a channel, soakaway or permeable surface, never toward the house. In Gloucester's clay-influenced ground, getting the fall right matters more than the surface material you choose.

## Questions and answers

Q: Is this your own work?
A: Yes. Every photograph and video on this site is a job we completed in or around Gloucester between 2021 and 2026. We do not use stock or manufacturer media.

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## Site records

- Photograph: A full turning circle in one seamless pour, with a block border used to hold the edge and set the sweep.
  - Description: Large gold resin bound gated driveway with block paved border at a detached Gloucester house
  - File: https://solidgroundpaving.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/2ce8ef52-6434-427c-8f9e-5bff5d088618/gold-resin-gated-driveway.jpg