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Applying for a drop kerb

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4Chickens
4Chickens Posts: 505 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Does anyone know how to apply for a drop kerb in order to create/extend a driveway and how much it is likely to cost and anything else you can think of relating to this topic
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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,105 Forumite
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    I would talk to your local authority highways department. I think the cost can be around £1000.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Sonofa
    Sonofa Posts: 300 Forumite
    I would start with your local planning office. If it's not them they will know who you need to speak to. I think round here the council have to do the work too. A guestimate based on what i recall they quoted my FIL about £300-500.
  • Sonofa
    Sonofa Posts: 300 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    I would talk to your local authority highways department. I think the cost can be around £1000.

    So the streets of London really are paved with gold then?
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,448 Ambassador
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    Don't assume that the council will always give permission.
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  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    The council are supposed to give permission and employ the workmen to do it.
    Costs vary across the country but are anything from £300 upwards.
  • caljoemor
    caljoemor Posts: 89 Forumite
    We had to write to the local council to a person dealing with transport and highways. You can usually check through your local authority website who it is.

    They came out measured it up checked if it could be done without causing damage to pipework etc, then we got the estimate over £1600!!! only valid for 3 months and then you have to reapply.

    Our driveway only cost us £1200, I could not believe the cheek oh and you are only permitted to use the council approved contractor meaning they can charge what they want.

    Anyway we now have 2 wooden blocks and they work fine and are a hell of a lot cheaper.

    Good luck and I hope you get a reasonable quote.
  • 4Chickens
    4Chickens Posts: 505 Forumite
    Very MSE

    Where can I get cheap wooden blocks and will somebody nick them? Only joking.

    As you look at the front of the house it has a dropped kerb leading to single driveway, leading to garage. We need to create another off-road parking space, using the front of the house and there is a lamp post smack bang in the middle
  • caljoemor
    caljoemor Posts: 89 Forumite
    That is what we were doing extending a single to a double, I'm not sure if the lampost will prove to be a problem though because there will no doubt be some sort of wiring.

    I doubt the wooden blocks would last forever but by my reckoning I would have to go through about 100 pairs before it would work out more expensive.

    Good Luck!
  • darkcloudi
    darkcloudi Posts: 575 Forumite
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    I paid £1750 this was 3 months ago to create a dropped kerb in front of my home and thats in Birmingham. ( £400 of the total cost was to remove a tree ), so to drop the kerbs cost £1350 for a standard size kerb.

    As you got a lamp post in the middle then you will have to pay for the cost to get it relocated.
  • Hermia
    Hermia Posts: 4,473 Forumite
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    My mum just had hers done and it cost a £1000! She was so annoyed as her neighbour has a building firm and could have done a lovely job, but the council said only they can do it.
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