Lowering curb

fusar

Hello,

Does anyone know how much (average) it costs for the council to lower the curb in front of a house, in order to provide access to off-street parking?

If anyone has had this done, how long does it normally take and what does it involve?

Many thanks in advance for your help!

silvercar

apply to the council, they will give you a price and if you are happy arrange for contractors to do the work.

generally costs a few hundred!

Jeewhizz

A mate just got his done, and it cost circa £300 i believe...

Robert_Sterling

The local council leaflet my road from time to time saying that they are doing work in our road and would we like the kerb lowered. The price depended on the width of kerb to be lowered ( i.e. removed )

tanith

Costs vary from place to place it cost my daughter £750 I believe

specs_3

Mine cost about £350 two years ago.

Mrs_Optimist

It varies. Our costs £350 around 5 years ago, recently quoted to do other side of front garden and the price had rocketed to £750 (and it is a smaller job too!

Ring your local Highways Office and they will send someone out to measure up and give you a quote.

BANANABUS

our local council reckon about £500-£600 pounds + £106 for the licence and inspection fee.
A word of warning though it is againest the law ( HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 sec 184) http://www.glass-uk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=891&Itemid=775
To cross a footpath to get access your property unless you have the kerb dropped and a licence from the council highways!!!:mad:
Our council are clmping down on this , as we found out next door had a drive and the kerb dropped and when they came to inspect that they saw ours ( we have a drive but have not dropped the kerb ( did not have the funds at the time).

anyway i got a quote for ours and next doors ( other side) doing at it was .
Inspection and licence fee £56 each (normally £108 each)

Actually dropping for the kerb £366 each normally £500- £600 pounds each.
We had quotes ranging from £1100 right up to £1700
so do shop around

amyandoli

£750 stoke-on-trent council aug 2005. was shocked and didnt bother! another option :they said we could hire someone to do it but pay the council some sort of admin charge...

Johnhowell

Fusar,

When communicating with the local council use KERB not curb.

I do not think it is difficult to get the local council to install dropped, as well as the two dropper (ramped), kerbs across your property frontage. You will have to pay the council who will send out their own labour force or a term contractor to carried out the work. A council engineer may visit the site to ensure that once the dropped kerbs are installed the fall across the footpath is still towards the road - it can not fall towards your property. The kerb should have an upstand of at least 25 mm to provide a channel for rainwater across your frontage. A council inspector (Clerk of Works) should visit whilst works are carried out as the construction of the kerb race and footpath has to be to local highway authority standards (Folio details).

Does your property butt up to the back of footpath or is there a narrow piece of grass? A letter to the Highway Information team in the council will determine where the highway boundary is across your frontage - if it is not clear on the ground. The council should recreate the footpath and infill the grassed area as well up to the highway/your property boundary.

Cheers,
John

anotherbigspender

Also worth noting is that if you live on a classified road (your local highways department will have a list) then you'll also need planning permission to drop the kerb.

If you do then it can get messy - some Councils will only grant planning permission if you have sufficient space to enter and exit your drive way in a forward gear, i.e. no reversing into or out of it. This invariably means you need a fair bit of space at the front of your house and it needs to be paved or tarmac.