Is it difficult to get permission for a dropped kerb?

Mgman1965

EachPenny wrote: »

Councils usually require the use of approved contractors to carry out work on the public highway (the approval usually includes things like checking for third-party insurance, and the use of appropriately trained/qualified staff).

You would be incredibly lucky if the first 5 people you've spoken to all just happen to be approved contractors.

More likely they are people who aren't especially worried about following rules (e.g. paying tax, observing consumer rights, insurance, health and safety, etc...)

If you do go ahead with the purchase and want to put the driveway in, then I personally wouldn't consider any of these 5 people suitable to carry out any work on the property. (they should at the very least have told you that you may need permission).

If the Highway Authority discover you have had unlawful work carried out on the road you may find yourself in court, or expected to pay for the council to dig everything up and redo it properly.

Funny you say this, a house near me on a corner plot with no room for front parking had off road parking and a dropped kerb put in to the back garden about 18months ago.

I noticed last week the dropped kerb has been removed and the raised kerb reinstated along with that section of the grass verge cutting off access to their off road parking.

I wondered if it had been done without permission and had been reinstated by the council.

Would they bill the homeowner fot the work to put it back ?

unforeseen

Would they bill the homeowner fot the work to put it back ?

Yes they would

Slithery

Mgman1965 wrote: »

Would they bill the homeowner fot the work to put it back ?

Most definitely. And it wouldn't be cheap.