Access to property through side street/drive.

mentol

Hello! I am really sorry if this post ends up being very confusing but it is difficult to explain my idea. I hope I can get it across

So here's the deal:
We live in a property at the end of a cul-de-sac (we have the corner plot). Our garage is in front of our house and we only have a parking space in front of the garage. The access to our land (front garden) is through a 1 meter wide entrance. To one side of this entrance we have our garage wall and to the other we have some neighbor's edge plants (about 1.5 meters high). Most households in the street have 2 cars and only 1 parking space (so things get a bit complicated at times).
We have quite a lot of unused land on the back of our garage where we could easily park 2 cars. However, the back of the garage is facing another street that was recently created for access to the driveways of new builds. This street ends at a small green border (unsure who's the owner of that) and after the border is our side fence.
Thus we were thinking that it may be possible to open an access to our land through there but we are unsure if it is and we don't know where to start our search. I have tried searching online but I haven't found any info (just found things about dropped kerb which is not the case).
So, my goal with this post is to ask if anyone has experience or any idea of how this can be done (or if it can be done) and what it would involve. Also, any ideas if this would have a positive/negative impact on the value of the property?
One of our main worries with the access we currently have to the property is that we will start a family soon and taking a pram through that space would be difficult and also the access to the front door is too far away from the road (not good for loading/unloading stuff). And there's obviously the added problem of parking in our street.
Looking forward to some advice
Thanks!

southcoastrgi

the land reg should be able to give you details of who owns the land you want to drive over, i would start with the council as they will have to be involved as it will req a drop curb, although people just put pieces of wood in the rd to help get over the curb that in law is not allowed

mentol

southcoastrgi wrote: »

the land reg should be able to give you details of who owns the land you want to drive over, i would start with the council as they will have to be involved as it will req a drop curb, although people just put pieces of wood in the rd to help get over the curb that in law is not allowed

Thanks! But isn't a dropped kerb for when you have to cross pavement? In this case it would only be an extension of the current road to end at start of our land. Would that be different from applying for a dropped kerb?

rxbren

how big of an access are you proposing?
a drop kerb is a break in kerb height to allow access for pedestrians or vehicles so you would need one
if its just a 900mm gate you may not need any drop kerb but if its a full access for a vehicle you will need a drop kerb and the part of land regulating for traffic but you would have to speak to the council and possibly have to buy the land you want to cross over

sandy2210

what kind of kerb is at the end of the road some end in a bull nose kerb which is the same height as the tar so no need for a dropper just drive over it

mentol

It is just a road that stops at the small green border. It is at the same height as the land in my property. There's no pavement there, just a bit of green.

I would need access for a vehicle, unless I could buy the land there and get a parking space. However, I have no idea if that would be possible.

I think I read somewhere that builders are responsible for the roads surrounding new builds for a few years before they become responsibility of the council. Is that true? If so, then I would have to approach the builder and not the council right?

Thank you!

Gloomendoom

mentol wrote: »

It is just a road that stops at the small green border. It is at the same height as the land in my property. There's no pavement there, just a bit of green.

I would need access for a vehicle, unless I could buy the land there and get a parking space. However, I have no idea if that would be possible.

I think I read somewhere that builders are responsible for the roads surrounding new builds for a few years before they become responsibility of the council. Is that true? If so, then I would have to approach the builder and not the council right?

Thank you!

Looks like you have answered your own question. If you know who the builder is and the road hasn't been adopted by the council yet, speak to the builder.

mentol

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Looks like you have answered your own question. If you know who the builder is and the road hasn't been adopted by the council yet, speak to the builder.

How do I know if it has been adopted by the council?

Thank you!

mentol

Just went to the sales office at the site to ask who was the owner of the land and was told that that part of the road is privately owned by the 4 homeowners of the new builds. Any ideas if this can be checked somewhere and how I would have to proceed to try and take this for consideration by these homeowners? Thank you and sorry to be a pain but I am a bit lost (as you can see ).

mikey72

If it was by my fence, next to my garden, I'd start cutting the green border myself, then put a few plants in. Chances are the new owners wouldn't even think it wasn't your ground, and would just leave you to it. Then I'd put some bark or gravel down to create the entrance space, and then put gates in if they said nothing.

mentol

mikey72 wrote: »

If it was by my fence, next to my garden, I'd start cutting the green border myself, then put a few plants in. Chances are the new owners wouldn't even think it wasn't your ground, and would just leave you to it. Then I'd put some bark or gravel down to create the entrance space, and then put gates in if they said nothing.

That would be a great idea the only problem is that, as things stand right now, we have no access to the border (it's the end of the street on our side thus there's no direct access to their street.