Get the planning issues resolved first. Then, get either lots of guys with picks, shovels and barrows for earth moving (versus a mini-digger for a few hours), then build teh frame yourself (or get someone to do it who has all the wood, tools, experience, etc), then buy all the hardcore, cement, gravel (there is sand in gravel!) and hire a mixer, and spend a long, long time mixing and laying, etc. (versus a delivery of 1.5 cubic metres - it only takes a phone call). Then level, tamp down and walk away.
Olly64 you are after getting great encouragement from this lot about doing the job yourself. I have laid concrete several times and it never did my back any harm in your situation you do not need a whacker plate to compact the filling your only going to park your car on it not a jumbo jet. You must intend to do a lot of digging if you are going to use concrete blocks for filling. Dig down to the subsoil then put down your screeds use enough filling so that you will have 4-6 inches left for concrete up to the right level. When you have the concrete mixed pour it and use a screed ( a length of 6*3 timber the width of the driveway) to level it off you need two men for this job. When you mix the concrete don't put too much water in it just enough to make it workable.
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