Connolly paving, about 13 km from Landsdale
For paving in Connolly, IBP Paving comes from Landsdale, about 13 km away, and covers the suburb as part of our Joondalup work. We relay and replace driveways, pave alfresco and pool areas, build garden paths and install soakwells sized to the City of Joondalup's guidance. Our paving carries a lifetime workmanship warranty, and the team brings over 20 years of experience to every site.
A golf course estate from the late 1980s
Connolly was developed in the late 1980s as a golf course estate on the edge of Joondalup's centre. Homes that border the course are generally larger than the rest of the suburb, and their paving areas tend to be larger too, with wider driveways, longer entry paths and more room for outdoor living at the back.
After more than 35 years, that paving tends to show two problems. Driveways have dipped where cars turn and park, and the edges have drifted where the original restraint has failed. A relay solves both, and on a big driveway it saves a lot compared with new pavers. Where owners want a fresh look, a new driveway in a modern paver is the alternative. At the back of the house, the common request is to rework the original patio into a larger alfresco, often in travertine, and to bring old pool surrounds up to date.
What the City of Joondalup expects
Keeping stormwater within your own boundary is the owner's job in Joondalup, under common law and the Local Government Act 1995. The City's soakwell guide works on one downpipe for each 15 square metres or so of roof, spaced no more than 12 metres apart, and uses the same six concrete soakwell sizes, from 180 up to 3100 litres, that the City of Wanneroo publishes. A soakwell needs clearance from buildings and boundaries of at least its own width, which can be tight beside the side walls of a large home.
If you are paving the verge as well as the driveway, the 2016 guidelines cap verge hardstand at 75 m2 or half the verge, whichever is smaller, on a standard lot, or 150 m2 or half the verge on a corner lot. Brick paving, concrete, poured limestone and synthetic turf are permitted, with 1 m left clear around street trees. A crossover needs a 1 to 1.5 m offset from a street tree, and trees are not pruned or removed for non essential paving.
Crossovers for a single home must be 3.0 to 6.0 m wide, 0.5 m or more from a side boundary, 6.0 m from an intersection kerb tangent and 1.0 m clear of pits, poles and service boxes. The verge needs a 2 percent positive fall over 3.0 m from the kerb, and a driveway may be no steeper than 1 in 4 inside the lot. The City pays a one off $375 subsidy for a first crossover or for replacing an old bitumen one, if claimed within six months. Our City of Joondalup soakwell requirements page has the table in full.
Source: City of Joondalup, Residential soakwells (stormwater runoff) guide; Crossover Guidelines Residential and Non Residential (May 2026); Verges and crossovers page; Street Verge Guidelines (December 2016); Tree Management Guidelines.
Yellow sand, limestone and the sea breeze
Like much of the coastal strip, Connolly typically sits on Spearwood sand over Tamala limestone. The yellow sand compacts well for a paving base, and it drains, but limestone can lie close to the surface and slow a soakwell right down. A test dig on each lot settles the size and depth. The water table is generally several metres down.
The coast is usually reckoned at about 2.5 km away, which puts Connolly in moderate salt exposure. Soft or porous pavers can pit and crust over time here, so for driveways and outdoor areas we specify dense, salt resistant pavers and recommend a sealer, especially around pools where salt water chlorination adds to the load.
Christmas lights on Prairie Dunes Place
Connolly has a well known local tradition: since 1999, Prairie Dunes Place has been known for its annual Christmas lights. If you live on or near that street and want new paving, a front driveway or entry path finished before December is a good idea; we plan the job early so the work does not land in the busiest weeks.
Close to Connolly
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