A private road, an estate road or a farm track is the owner's to keep up, and when it starts rutting, potholing or breaking up, the work calls for a genuine surfacing contractor. Paddway Surfacing Solutions are road surfacing contractors working across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, surfacing private roads, estate roads, unadopted roads and farm tracks for estates, developers, farms and residents' groups. The name says exactly what we do: roadworks are the heart of the business, planned and carried out by Jamie Robinson, a surfacing contractor with 17 years in the trade.
Road surfacing is the laying of a new asphalt surface on a road or carriageway, either as an overlay bonded to a sound base or as a full reconstruction where the road has broken up from the base down. Done to standard, it gives you a road that carries real traffic loads, drains properly, and holds up through winters instead of potholing every spring. On private and unadopted roads the surface is the owner's to maintain, and that is exactly where an expert surfacing contractor earns their place.
Whether a road needs an overlay, a full rebuild or a repair-and-seal comes down to the condition of the base underneath. A road that is worn on top but solid below takes an overlay. A road that is rutted and cracked through, or breaking up because the base has failed, needs the failed layers taking out and rebuilding. Jamie tells you which after surveying the road, never before, so the recommendation is based on what the road actually needs.
Across private and unadopted roads throughout the region, this is the surfacing work Paddway is trusted with:
Access roads and estate roads surfaced to carry cars and delivery traffic day in, day out, with the falls and drainage set up to keep water off the surface.
Shared roads that no council maintains, surfaced for the residents or owners responsible for them, often as a shared-cost job for a group of households.
Farm access surfaced to take tractors, telehandlers and HGVs, built up to carry the loads that break lighter surfaces apart.
A new surface course laid over a sound base, planed in at the edges and around ironwork so the levels and drainage stay right.
Failed road excavated out, a new stone sub-base laid and compacted, then binder and surface courses laid to the correct falls, the right answer when the ground underneath has gone.
Localised repair and a protective seal to get more years out of a road that is not yet ready for full resurfacing.
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I can't recommend Paddway Surfacing Solutions enough. Jamie was so easy to deal with, from the first consultation and listened to what we wanted. We had a tarmac driveway laid with a grey block paving border. The price was so reasonable and the job was well executed. Really pleased with the work.
Read more on GoogleA road that carries the trafficBuilt up to the right depth for the loads it takes, from family cars to farm HGVs, so it does not rut and break up under use.
A road that drainsLaid to the correct falls with the drainage set up properly, so water runs off instead of standing, freezing and tearing the surface apart over winter.
Fewer potholes, fewer repairsA sound surface on a sound base ends the annual cycle of potholes and patch-ups, which is where the real cost of a neglected road adds up.
Value that shares outFor a residents' group on an unadopted road, a proper surface laid once is far better value than everyone paying for repeated repairs, and we are used to quoting these as shared-cost jobs.
Jamie walks the road, checks the surface, base and drainage, and works out whether it needs an overlay, a full reconstruction or a repair-and-seal.
A no-obligation quote setting out exactly what is being done, the length and areas covered, and how access is kept open where it can be.
Dates and phasing agreed with you, including how residents or farm traffic get in and out while the work is on.
Preparation, any excavation and sub-base work, then binder and surface courses laid to the correct falls and compacted, with ironwork and gullies reset flush.
The road left clean and trafficable, and the work backed by our 3-year workmanship guarantee.
A road is judged over years, not on the day it is laid, and whether it lasts comes down to the base and the drainage far more than the surface on top. Standing water is the single biggest cause of road failure: it soaks into the base, freezes, and lifts the surface apart. Jamie surveys the falls and drainage first and builds the road around getting them right, with the asphalt laid and compacted to BS 594987, the British Standard for asphalt surfacing, transport, laying and compaction. That is why a Paddway road holds up rather than potholing the following spring.
There is also the question of what a surfacing contractor is accredited to take on. Jamie holds an NRSWA street works ticket, the accreditation for works on and around the public highway that many surfacing firms do not carry, so Paddway takes on private, unadopted and access-road work that sits beyond a general driveway contractor. He scales the right plant to the length and loading of the road, keeps access open for residents and farm traffic wherever possible, and quotes shared-cost jobs for unadopted roads without fuss. Paddway carries £1 million public liability insurance, a blue CSCS card and an NRSWA street works ticket, and backs every job with a 3-year workmanship guarantee. The quote is free, written and without obligation, and Jamie prices and runs the job himself.
Road surfacing at Paddway is planned and led by Jamie Robinson, the owner. Jamie started in surfacing at 20 and has 17 years in the trade, laying roads, car parks, driveways and hardstandings across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. He holds a blue CSCS card and an NRSWA street works ticket, and he quotes and runs every job personally.
“Roads are what I know best. A road is all about the base and the water: get those two right and it takes whatever you drive over it for years. I survey the drainage first, build the road to suit the traffic it carries, and put my name and my guarantee behind it. That is the standard the whole business is built on.”Jamie Robinson, owner
We surface private and unadopted roads across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire from our Retford base, around towns including Newark, Lincoln, Doncaster and Gainsborough.
Every road is different, so an accurate price starts with a proper survey. What shapes a road surfacing quote is the length and width of the road, the condition of the surface and base, whether it needs an overlay or a full reconstruction, the traffic loads it has to carry, the amount of excavation, drainage and ironwork involved, and how access is kept open during the work.
What you can always count on: a free site survey, a clear written quote that sets out exactly what is being surfaced and how access is managed, and an honest, expert recommendation on whether an overlay, a repair-and-seal or a full reconstruction is the right investment. For residents' groups on an unadopted road we are happy to set the quote out as a shared-cost job, so everyone can see what is being done and why before any work starts.
01Commercial car parks resurfaced to carry traffic and drain properly.
02Manhole covers and gullies reset flush with the new road surface.
03A protective seal that extends the life of a sound road before it needs resurfacing.
04Fast, lasting repairs to keep a private road safe between resurfacing.
If your private road, estate road or farm track is rutted, potholing or breaking up, put it in the hands of road surfacing contractors who survey the base and drainage before quoting and stand behind the result. Expert road surfacing across Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, fully insured, backed by a 3-year workmanship guarantee.
Call Jamie on 07367 072300·Get a free quote online
Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 8FU
Phone: 07367 072300
Email: paddwaysurfacingsolutions@outlook.com
Hours: Mon to Sat 8am to 6pm, Sunday closed
Last updated: 10 July 2026