Louvred pergolas in Corby
Louvred pergolas for Corby homes, from Priors Hall Park plots handed over bare to the new town estates, starting with a proper base.
A louvred aluminium pergola in Corby starts from £4,500 supplied and fitted, but that price is for a 3m × 4m frame on a suitable existing base. Many Corby gardens, especially at Priors Hall Park, are handed over as bare, compacted plots with nothing to fix to, so concrete pads or a new patio, priced after the visit, are often part of the job.
- Supplied and fitted
- From £4,500 (3m × 4m)
- Planning
- Usually permitted development behind the house
- Ground
- Ironstone, with clay and restored ground
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Full breakdown: louvred pergolas cost guide.
Louvred pergolas in Corby
In a lot of Corby gardens the first question is not which colour, but what the pergola will stand on. Priors Hall Park is planned for more than 5,000 homes, and many of its gardens are handed over as bare, compacted plots. A louvred pergola needs a sound, level base to fix to, so here we often price concrete pads or a full new patio alongside the frame, and design the two together.
The pergola itself is a freestanding powder-coated aluminium frame with an adjustable louvred roof. Opened, it lets in sun and air; closed, it sends rain into gutters inside the frame and down the posts. LED lighting is built in. On estates like Kingswood, Lodge Park, Beanfield and Danesholme, where the patio is older, the job is more often about checking that existing slabs are firm enough to take the fixings.
What makes Corby different
Corby sits on the Northampton Sand ironstone that fed the steelworks, and large areas around the town were opencast quarried and restored. Within one garden the ground can change from natural ironstone to clay or fill, which affects both the post pads and where the roof water can soak away. We dig before we design. Near the Willow Brook, drainage needs extra care. In the Old Village and Corby's other conservation areas, a pergola cannot sit between the side of the house and the boundary.
A typical Corby job at Priors Hall Park is a new porcelain or slab patio with a 3m × 4m anthracite pergola set on it, often with one side closed for privacy from close neighbours. On the older new town estates it is more usually a frame fixed over an existing patio behind a semi or terrace.
Sources: North Northamptonshire conservation areas · Priors Hall Park.
Permissions in Corby
- PlanningA freestanding pergola in a rear garden is normally permitted development if it stays behind the front of the house, is no more than 2.5m high at the eaves and 2.5m overall within 2m of a boundary, does not sit on a platform more than 30cm high, and together with any sheds or other outbuildings covers no more than half the garden. A listed house needs planning permission for one. In a conservation area it also cannot go between the side of the house and the boundary. Planning Portal: outbuildings
- 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 Corby
- New patio or pads for bare Priors Hall Park plots
- Ground dug to find ironstone, clay or fill
- Drainage planned near the Willow Brook
- Powder-coated aluminium frame that will not rot, warp or need painting
- Louvred roof that opens for air and light and closes against rain, draining down through the posts
- Warm-white LED lighting in the frame, with motorised louvres as an option
The specification
- Survey of the base, levels, boundaries and planning position
- Existing patio checked; concrete pads or a new patio where it is not up to it
- Frame set out square and level, posts fixed with stainless anchors
- Roof water taken to a drain, soakaway or border, not across the patio
- Low-voltage power put in and certified by a registered electrician where needed
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing on the base and installation; the frame carries the manufacturer's guarantee
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Louvred pergolas in Corby: questions
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