Drive & Lowering Road Curb

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Neil

Thanks for that Link Neil. I'm hoping I'll get permission as the land is immediately next to my current drive which already has a lowered curb.

my dropped kerb cost £850 some 4 years ago. the drive was 14 foot wide and could only be done by the local council. another thing I was charged for was damaged paving stones near to where my new dropped kerb was going to be, even when I protested that this is the councils responsibility and not mine as I don't park on these paving stones I still had to pay or I counldn't get my dropped kerb installed.

I would have thought if your new land is next to yours then you can ask for your dropped kerb to be extended and this may be done at a reduced rate.

Dave

The drive width will also be about 14ft so I think I will ring the council up to get a rough figure.

Thanks for your feedback.

On a similar project I'm thinking of widening my drive to accommodate 2 cars side by side. I've been to my local council (planning dep) with photos etc but they were not interested and told me I wouldn't require pp. What other dep should I contact, Highways dep ? or Building control . Which dep did you contact z.? Cheers Tom.

Could you not use the one entrance for both? That would save you a fair bit of money.

Colin Bignell

If you have an existing dropped kerb, effectively all you are doing is increasing the area of hard surfacing in your garden. You have confirmed that the planning department does not have an interest. You should check that there is not a relevant restrictive covenant on the property, but otherwise, just get out there and start digging.

Colin Bignell

My parent's neighbours had their kerb dropped 2 weeks ago. Costs about 750 quid according to the contractor doing the work.

Christian.

I paid about 400 quid 13 years ago, so that sounds about right.

Rang the council up and they said I would need to fill out a form to get an accurate figure but she said it was anything between £400 to £700. But they said it would depend on whether the street was "classified" or not (whatever that means). The lady checked and said my street was not "classified".

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Not really as my existing drive has only enough space to park one car one it as it's inbetween my garden fence and the pavement.

I'm pretty sure by "classified" she means an A or B road, i.e. classified by the Ministry of Transport.

Ah thanks for clearing that up. z

Sounds like a lot doesn't it?? The recent hardly necessary resurfacing (and re-resurfacing) recently near mine must have cost millions!

If you wait till they resurface it, odds are the gang doing the resurfacing will do it for 50 quid. A *lot* of dropped curbs appeared on my mum's street when her road was resurfaced.

Ben

resurfacing

lol.... I got some info from the council today. Apparently there are new regulations in place and the distance from the pavement and the house/boundary has to be at least 5.5 meters in length. Mines only 5m so I think I'm going to have to steal some from my garden!

"classified".

Here's a tip for you. Ring the council and ask them if they can supply you with a list of approved council contractors who can do the job for you. I did this when I lived in Sheffield and the job was done for 2/3 less than that what the council wanted.

I don't understand what you mean by new rules, 5.5m can you elaborate please.?

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Thanks for the tip. I'll make sure I'll ring them up to get a list of approved contractors.

As for the 5.5m...

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I quote from the guidelines, "The policy for the minimum measurement has recently been changed. This may mean that properties in your road may already have a footway crossing without meeting this new required depth.".

Hope that makes more sense!

Hey, where I live now, people just do it and don't bother asking the council. We have many lowered kerbs that don't meet any spec

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