Right of vehicle access from private road

n3phi1im

I own my house but live on a housing association estate, the road is not adopted therefore the request to get a dropped kerb went to the housing association who have refused permission.

I have just read through a thread that partly covers this but the discussion revolves around council owned roads.

The thread says it is illegal to drive over a kerb and verge unless it has been dropped for this purpose. Do this law apply if the road, kerb and verge are all privately owned?

What sort of action could the housing association take if I just decide to ignore them and put in a driveway?

Any advice or links to specific legal info would be very welcome.

Ian_Griffiths_Halifax

Their objection may be more to do with changing a garden area into a hardstanding rather than the dropping of the kerb. There are big issues with grassed areas being concreted over and so water can't naturally seep away, causing increased problems with drains.

If their issue is actually with the dropping of the kerb it's self, then it's their kerb and their road and I assume crosses their pavement, so I think you'll find that the decision is rightfully theirs at the end of the day.

If you went ahead and did it your self, you may find your self landed with a hefty bill for putting it right.

Have you considered some wooded triangular blocks which you could put against the kerb to drive over?

poppysarah

You should find out why they've refused exactly
and what your deeds say.

You may be barred from parking on your own land anyway.

Bungarm2001

New rules and regs are coming in later this year that covers the use of non-permeable hardstandings like asphalt and paving slabs. Have a look here or just google New Legislation for paved gardens and driveways. This could be the reason why you were turned down.

n3phi1im

Thanks for the input.

Between my house boundary and the road there is a pavement and then a 20' grass verge.

There objection is simply that allowing me to drive across this are would cause 'damage' - they did not expand on what kind of damage they meant. Obviously I have no intention of just driving across grass, it is my plan to lay a permeable driving surface into the grass but they did not even ask about this part of the plan. I don't think the guy actually read my letter properly.

I will write back to him explaining my proposal more clearly.

PasturesNew

Bungarm2001 wrote: »

New rules and regs are coming in later this year that covers the use of non-permeable hardstandings like asphalt and paving slabs. Have a look here or just google New Legislation for paved gardens and driveways. This could be the reason why you were turned down.

Corrected the erroneous link: http://www.michaeljamesdesign.co.uk/9.html

Bungarm2001

Thanks PN ...it's been a long day (nursing a very sick elderly cat...)