I have been trying to pick peoples brains about my house which is lower than the street/pavement. I havnt had much luck as of yet.I want to construct a driveway which will be 5.6mx4m.I have put in for planning permission.To run the surface water into the road i would have to raise the drive 1300mm.This would block out light into the front room.I wanted to run the water off the drive towards the house.The drive would be 1.5m away from the house.I have asked people about pea shingle but as i thought they have said its too big an area and would eventually cause problems as ground is clay.No drains to connect to.Nowhere to dig soakaway.Personally hate block paving so dont want permeable paving.