Driveway gates in Kettering
Kettering's planning rules for gates change from street to street, so we check your address before designing anything that faces the road.
In Kettering, a new automated sliding gate typically costs £5,000–£10,000 supplied and fitted, automated swing gates £4,000–£8,000, and automating existing gates usually £1,500–£3,000, with the power supply on top. These are guides only; your fixed price is set out in writing after we visit. Locally, the first check is planning: Kettering's Article 4 directions are site-specific and it has 26 conservation areas, so the rules depend on your address.
- Automated sliding gate
- £5,000–£10,000
- Planning
- Not needed up to 2m (1m by a road)
- Ground
- Ironstone and clay; compacted new-build plots
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Full breakdown: driveway gates cost guide.
Driveway gates in Kettering
Kettering has 26 conservation areas, including the town centre, Barton Seagrave, Burton Latimer, Geddington and Rothwell, and a scattering of site-specific Article 4 directions, mostly older ones covering individual streets or buildings. That patchwork means two houses a few roads apart can face different rules for a front gate. Before we design anything that faces the road, we check your address so you know where you stand. It takes a few minutes and saves an application you did not need, or a gate you should not have fitted.
The housing itself varies just as much. Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas near the centre and along the Headlands often have short frontages where every centimetre of swing matters. Interwar and post-war estates have more room. At Barton Seagrave and Hanwood Park, newer homes often have open fronts with no posts at all. We fit sliding and swing gates in aluminium and composite, automate them, and force-test every automated gate to the standard. Hanwood Park plots usually need posts built from new.
What makes Kettering different
Ground around Kettering ranges from ironstone to clay, and new-build plots at places like Hanwood Park are often compacted subsoil under a thin topsoil, which can give a post footing less support than it looks. We check what is under each garden before setting foundations. For the villas along the Headlands, a short drive can make sliding gates the better choice, since they need no swing space. Near the River Ise on the east of town, we keep motors and controls clear of the wettest ground.
A typical Kettering job is a Victorian or Edwardian villa along the Headlands with a short frontage, where the owners want to secure the drive without losing parking space to a gate's swing. That usually points to a single automated sliding gate running along the boundary, on a concrete foundation, with a keypad, a cable run from the house, and photocells and safety edges.
Sources: North Northamptonshire Article 4 directions · Hanwood Park.
Permissions in Kettering
- PlanningGates are normally permitted development up to 2m high, or 1m next to a road used by vehicles. They must not open outwards over the footway or road. In a conservation area or on a listed house, gates facing the road can need permission. Listed buildings and the Kettering conservation area have tighter rules, so we check your address before anything is designed. Planning Portal: fences, gates and walls
- TreesTrees in a conservation area need six weeks' notice before work, and protected trees need consent; both are free. North Northamptonshire: tree protection
- Design and priceWe measure up, check the ground and the planning position, and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get in Kettering
- Address checked against site-specific Article 4 directions
- Short Headlands frontages suited to sliding gates
- Hanwood Park subsoil checked before footings
- Sliding and swing gates in aluminium and composite, matched to your fencing
- Foundations and posts built for the gate's weight and the motor
- Automation, keypads, intercoms and remote fobs
The specification
- Survey of the opening, the slope and the power route
- Foundation beam or post footings in concrete
- Gate hung or track set, level and true
- Motor, controls and safety devices fitted
- Power by a registered electrician, then force-tested
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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