Banksia Grove paving, about 13.5 km from Landsdale
Banksia Grove is the northernmost of our close suburbs, about 13.5 km from IBP Paving's base in Landsdale along Wanneroo Road. Until the late 1990s it was part of Neerabup; now it is a fast growing estate suburb whose newest precinct, Coda, is built on narrow lots with two storey homes. That shape sets the paving work: short driveways that take a lot of turning, small courtyards that have to do the job of a backyard, side paths barely wider than a wheelbarrow, and soakwells squeezed into whatever ground is left. We do all of it with a lifetime workmanship warranty and over 20 years of experience.
What the City of Wanneroo allows on a Banksia Grove verge
With small lots, the verge is often the only spare ground, so the City of Wanneroo's nature strip rules matter more here than in older suburbs. The City's treatment guidelines state that in residential areas brick paving or concrete may be laid on the nature strip, built to the City's standard drawing for residential verge hardstanding, with the verge maintained at a positive two percent gradient from the back of the kerb to the property boundary. No gravel, crushed bricks or loose stones are allowed, and loose materials, fencing, rocks and walls are all excluded. The area within 2 metres of the kerb line must be kept clear of landscaping, and planting near crossovers and intersections cannot exceed 600 mm at maturity. The City recommends a nature strip landscape proposal be submitted for approval.
Source: City of Wanneroo, Nature Strip (Verge) Treatment Guidelines.
Banksia Grove also has City of Wanneroo Local Development Plans over parts of the suburb that set building envelopes and driveway locations for particular lots, including along Harden Park Trail. They do not set paving materials, but they can fix where a driveway sits on the lot, so we ask for the plan before quoting a new driveway in an affected precinct.
Source: City of Wanneroo, Local Development Plan No. 11 Banksia Grove; proposed Local Development Plan No. 18, Harden Park Trail.
The crossover, soakwell table and setback rules that apply across the City are on our City of Wanneroo soakwell requirements page.
Sand on the Bassendean and Spearwood boundary
Banksia Grove sits where the two older dune systems meet: Bassendean sand to the east, the grey leached sand the City maps in neighbouring Tapping, and Spearwood sand to the west towards Neerabup. Either way it drains freely, the water table over the Gnangara Mound is generally several metres down, and limestone is rarely a problem for excavation on the eastern side. For soakwells on a tight lot that is good news, because a deep unit with a small footprint does the work a wide one would need elsewhere. Lake Joondalup is well to the south west and only the lowest lots on that side need a groundwater check.
The ocean is about 9 km away, so salt on pavers is not a concern. Bushfire is. The suburb backs onto Neerabup bushland, it was on the advice list in the 2021 Wooroloo fire, and it was named in the coverage of the November 2023 fires that reached Tapping next door. Homes on the bushland edges do well with a non combustible paved apron against the house rather than mulch or timber.
Paving a narrow lot in Coda
A two storey home on a Coda lot has a double garage across most of its frontage and a driveway that is wide, short and steered on every trip. That concentrates load, so we lay 60 mm heavy duty pavers on a compacted crushed limestone base and use a locking pattern; stretcher bond laid across the direction of travel works well on a short run and suits the clean lines of these homes. The crossover is built to the City's specification, 3.0 metres minimum at the property line and at least 1.0 metre from the neighbour's boundary, so on a narrow frontage there is only one place it can go.
Behind the house the courtyard is the backyard, and it has to drain itself. We lay it with a fall to a grated channel feeding a soakwell under the paving with a trafficable lid, which saves the side setback for the path and the air conditioner. Large format pavers make a small courtyard feel bigger; a light colour keeps it cooler. Carramar, the 1990s Peet estate to the south, is covered from this page along with the rural lots of Neerabup.
Street trees on new Banksia Grove streets
The City of Wanneroo's City Tree Policy applies to the young street trees in Banksia Grove just as it does to mature ones elsewhere. Crossovers must be at least 1.5 metres from a City tree, with a reduction to 1.0 metre considered case by case, and a tree being in the way of a non essential crossover or verge paving is not a reason for removal. On a narrow lot this can collide with the 1.0 metre boundary clearance, which is why we check the tree position against the lot before we draw the crossover. The City's nature strip guidelines place street trees 1.5 metres from a crossover, 1 metre from the kerb and 2.4 to 3 metres from the front boundary, which is a useful guide for where to leave a gap in any verge paving.
Sources: City of Wanneroo, City Tree Policy (approved 10 December 2024); City of Wanneroo, Nature Strip (Verge) Treatment Guidelines.
Suburbs we service around Banksia Grove
From Banksia Grove the crew moves to Tapping to the south west, Wanneroo beyond it, and Carramar and Neerabup alongside, before heading back to Landsdale. All our suburbs are listed on areas we service.
