Digging up the public pavement...

mrwaveydavey

I live in a victorian house with a bit of an odd setup in that we have a small front garden, then a public footpath which is about 6 ft wide and then a lare garden.
I need to put a power supply into my garden and so need to pull up the pavement. However I have no idea who can do this as I understand a licence is needed to work on the councils pavement.
Has anyone done this and can give any pointers?

thanks

olias

Ask the council.....?

Olias

mrwaveydavey

tried that.. they said find a streetworks licenced contractor. However they refused to supply details of who is streetworks licenced. Data protection evidently.
Im not sure what type of contractor does this kind of work??

GSXRCarlos

try Morrisons (not the supermarket, the ones with the Red M) or UU

brightontraveller

Anyone licensed to work on public foot paths /highways should be able to the works , But when you are having a new services put in gas water electricity etc, They will normally send someone around to give you a cost of installation but digging is only up to your boundary you would be responsible for digging up from there They would normally mark were the services are going and be able to let you know what depth width etc you would need,

If you are going to dig yourself then it is advisable to contact the Plan Provision & Cable Watch team:
Plan Provision & Cable Watch Team
EDF Energy Networks
Fore Hamlet
Ipswich IP3 8AA
Tel: 0800 0565866
Fax: 08701 963782

To locate other services e.g. pipes, gas, telecoms etc contact the appropriate supplier

If you are talking putting a cable from your own existing supply to the garden then you would need the owner of the footpaths permission to do so and would be responsible for notifying appropriate authorities.

Also the footpath does not need to be dug up ...dig a hole either side then a ues mechanical mole with pipe work ( this allows for cable to be replaced in future ) would normally be far cheaper...

MX5huggy

mrwaveydavey wrote: »

tried that.. they said find a streetworks licenced contractor. However they refused to supply details of who is streetworks licenced. Data protection evidently.
Im not sure what type of contractor does this kind of work??

This is rubbish, talk to some one more senior in the highways department.

Others note the OP is taking a supply from his house across the pavement to his garden, Not asking about getting a new supply cable into the house.

brightontraveller

Unless your council has a list of approved contractors which some do some don’t? then they would not give you details as the are open to litigation should the contractor do something wrong...

It is a common misconception that the Council is responsible for all excavations on the highway. In fact, statutory undertakers carry out the vast majority of highway excavations.

Also New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 might help you...

I have heard of many people just asking someone who is digging the roads near there house to come and give me a price... if you happened to have the cable there it would be in done and filled before anyone knew and would'nt likerly cost you more than a few hundreed pounds...? A fraction of what it cost to get done by there company ....?

ormus

as above. dig two holes yourself, one either side of the path. and join them with a spike/pipe or a mole.
its not rocket science.

GSXRCarlos

how is it that your garden is on the otherside of a public footpath?

is it a closed off garden, or a piece of grass next to the road?

i've never heard of this so i'm interested - can you take a pic (i'm a little bit nosey like that - lol)

ormus

this is oak st in radcliffe, manchester.
as you can see there is only an alleyway entrance to the front of the houses. its only about 3 or 4 ft wide!
there is a path down the row of houses to a dead end.

all the small front gardens are on tother side of the path.

you are looking at the back of the houses with the parked cars.

MX5huggy

These have their gardens on the other side of the road. Use the little yellow man to have a look around.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pembroke+SA71+4JS,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.710177,-4.013604&spn=0.001024,0.003103&t=h&z=19