Permissions and frontage
If the project is beside a ditch or watercourse, check any drainage consent and ongoing maintenance access.
Why it matters for your tarmac surfacing: Confirm the property-specific position with the named authority before the design and price are finalised. For tarmac surfacing, it can affect excavation, compaction, course depths, drainage, edge support and the handover programme.
Useful photograph: the full frontage, boundary and connection to the highway.