Padbury paving, about 9.1 km from Landsdale
Padbury is a compact City of Joondalup suburb of about 8,600 people, and most of its houses date from the decade after it was named in 1971. IBP Paving reaches it in a short run west along Hepburn Avenue from Landsdale, about 9.1 km. The work here is the work of a mature suburb: pulling out driveways laid when the house was new, repaving alfresco areas and pool surrounds that have been extended two or three times, building limestone walls on sloping lots, and bringing drainage up to the City's current expectations. We have been doing this for over 20 years and put a lifetime workmanship warranty on everything we lay.
Street trees come first: Joondalup's rules for crossovers and verges
Padbury's streets were planted in the 1970s and many of its verge trees are now large. That matters because the City of Joondalup is firm about them, and a surprising number of Padbury paving jobs start with a question about a tree.
The City's Tree Management Guidelines state that trees will not be pruned or removed "for the installation of non-essential crossovers or verge paving", nor for "perceived damage to infrastructure". Where a hardstand verge treatment is installed, "a minimum 4 metres square (2m x 2m) clearance must be made accessible to allow planting". The Crossover Guidelines require crossovers to avoid street trees with "a minimum offset of 1 to 1.5 m", and more for larger trees.
Sources: City of Joondalup, Tree Management Guidelines; Crossover Guidelines Residential and Non-Residential (May 2026).
Cutting, pruning or removing a City tree without written approval is an offence under the local law, so we never touch one. Where roots have lifted a driveway or path, we lift and relay around them; the method is on our lifted pavers and tree roots page. The City also supplies one free street tree for a standard lot and up to three for a corner lot, which is worth knowing if a verge is being redone.
Soakwells on a Padbury block
The City of Joondalup's residential soakwells page sets out the obligation to confine runoff within the property under common law and the Local Government Act 1995, recommends about one downpipe for every 15 square metres of roof, and publishes a table of six common concrete soakwell sizes from a 600 mm unit holding 180 litres up to an 1800 mm by 1200 mm unit holding 3,100 litres, noting the figures assume normal rainfall. Each unit should be set back from buildings and boundaries by at least its own width, and the City says soakwells are not recommended where the clearance between house and fence is narrow. Original 1970s drainage in Padbury was often one small well per downpipe, so when we replace a driveway we usually add capacity at the same time. The full set of rules is on our City of Joondalup soakwell requirements page.
Source: City of Joondalup, Residential soakwells (stormwater runoff) web page.
Yellow sand over limestone
The ground in Padbury is Spearwood sand, yellow to brown, sitting over Tamala Limestone. It is a good base for paving once compacted and it takes water quickly, but the limestone is shallower here than in Kingsley or Greenwood to the east. On some lots a soakwell hole hits caprock at a metre, and the answer is a wider, shallower unit or a second one rather than a jackhammer. There is no lake or wetland in the suburb and the water table is well below soakwell depth. The ocean is about 3 km west, which puts Padbury inside the band the brick industry's durability classification calls marine, so we lay pavers on washed sand and specify general purpose grade or better. There is no bushland interface to plan for.
Fifty year old driveways and the second owner
Padbury's original owners are being replaced by a second and third generation, and the new owners inherit paving that has done its time. A 1970s driveway is a replacement job more often than a relay: thin early pavers or cracked concrete over a base that was never compacted properly. We rebuild the driveway on 100 mm of compacted limestone with 60 mm pavers, redo the alfresco to match the new extension, and build limestone retaining walls where a sloping block was terraced with timber sleepers that have rotted out. Craigie and Kallaroo, the two smaller suburbs of the same age immediately to the north and west, are served from this page.
If the crossover is being redone with the driveway, the City of Joondalup does not require an application to modify an existing one that meets its guidelines. Segmented clay or concrete pavers are permitted, but the concrete apron and kerb must be plain grey pre-mix, and the City's footpath must either continue through the crossover or be marked with a contrasting brick border. A first crossover, or the replacement of an old bitumen one, attracts a one off $375 payment claimed within six months.
Sources: City of Joondalup, Crossover Guidelines Residential and Non-Residential (May 2026); Verges and crossovers web page.
Suburbs around Padbury
Padbury shares boundaries with Duncraig to the south, Hillarys to the west and Kingsley and Greenwood to the east, with Craigie and Kallaroo to the north. See areas we service for the full list.
