Project Description
Belton House is a Grade I listed National Trust visitor attraction in the parish of Belton near Grantham in Lincolnshire, built between 1685 and 1687 by Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. It is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park.
The Challenge
Existing parking arrangements consisted of a grass field with a pinned down plastic surface mesh, which was prone to rutting and waterlogging. This was unsuitable for use all year round and became a safety issue during wet weather.
The Solution
Planning permission was granted to develop a new and more permanent SuDS compliant parking surface within the parkland. ABG’s Sudspave 40 permeable paving was installed to provide 600+ gravel-filled parking spaces over two phases of construction, suitable for use in all-weather conditions and to prevent surface water flooding. The stabilised cellular porous paving design incorporates Abgrid geogrid reinforcement and Terrex filtration/separation geotextile layers within the sub-base (as shown in the illustration). White bay markers are inserted into the Sudspave surface to delineate the parking spaces.
