Driveway

RightTimePlayer

Hi
I've recently brought a new property and my next door neighbours son-in-law ( who lives in the next street ) parks his car outside my house and with space being limited means i often have to park my car down the road or in the next street and with 9 month old twins isn't ideal. I have approached the son-in-law and asked why he parks in front of my house when he doesn't live in the street and his answer was he pays tax and insurance for his car so has the right to park where he likes. Which i guess is true but when my next door neighbour has a driveway which fits two cars on make me think their just being dicks as the couple we brought the house off didn't drive and they had free roam.

So to resolve this i have just gone through the application of a drop kerb and seen if i needed planning permission which i did't and paid for the site to be surveyed.

My question is do i need to have the driveway installed and the wall separating my front garden to the pavement removed before the survey is done or can this be completed once i get a yes or no answer from the council?

i have searched the internet for hours and can't find an answer. Hopefully someone here can help.

a.turner

He can't park over a dropped kerb but when he does if you haven't got a drive what will you do?

Mojisola

RightTimePlayer wrote: »

My question is do i need to have the driveway installed and the wall separating my front garden to the pavement removed before the survey is done or can this be completed once i get a yes or no answer from the council?

There's no point spending out on a driveway in case you don't get permission to install the dropped kerb.

RightTimePlayer

a.turner wrote: »

He can't park over a dropped kerb but when he does if you haven't got a drive what will you do?

i am hoping that my application is approved and i can start work on a drive way so that i have a place to park my car.

forgotmyname

And the people in the next street are thinking why are you parking on our street and not in your own street...

Surely you park in roads where you dont live when you go out??

He and you can park anywhere its legal to.

RightTimePlayer

Mojisola wrote: »

There's no point spending out on a driveway in case you don't get permission to install the dropped kerb.

So i can leave my garden as is until i get a yes from the council. A work colleague told me i would need the driveway block paved before the drop kerbs installed. i didn't no if that mean't before it was surveyed or after.

Stress of renovating my new home and then this on top. So confusing at times. Guess i should just try and relax a bit :doh:

RightTimePlayer

forgotmyname wrote: »

And the people in the next street are thinking why are you parking on our street and not in your own street...

Surely you park in roads where you dont live when you go out??

He and you can park anywhere its legal to.

That is true. But i don't leave my car there for days at a time. My post was for advise so i wouldn't need to park in another street in front of somebody else's house.

Mojisola

RightTimePlayer wrote: »

So i can leave my garden as is until i get a yes from the council. A work colleague told me i would need the driveway block paved before the drop kerbs installed. i didn't no if that mean't before it was surveyed or after.

That doesn't make sense - if permission is refused, you'll have a driveway that you can't access.

Have you checked the rules about which materials you can use (to prevent water run-off) and the minimum size your driveway must be?

No point paying for a dropped kerb if your driveway isn't big enough.

RightTimePlayer

Mojisola wrote: »

That doesn't make sense - if permission is refused, you'll have a driveway that you can't access.

Have you checked the rules about which materials you can use (to prevent water run-off) and the minimum size your driveway must be?

No point paying for a dropped kerb if your driveway isn't big enough.

The minimum distance required is 4.8 meters which my garden is 6.1 meters from the house to property boundary. I haven't decided on block paving or gravel yet. block paving id need a run off and ill have all that pro installed and for gravel then ill have permeable paving grids which lets the water run back in to the ground i have done as much research as i can. i just wanted to know all the facts involved.

RightTimePlayer

There are at least 5 houses on my street that have laid gravel on their front gardens but haven't paid or had a drop kerb installed. which i know their not aloud to park on but as i am new in the street i don't wanna be that guy that parks in front of my house on the opposite side blocking that person in.

RichardD1970

a.turner wrote: »

He can't park over a dropped kerb but when he does if you haven't got a drive what will you do?

Really? Thought it was only illegal if they were blocking someone in. AFAIA the highway code says should not not must not.

RightTimePlayer wrote: »

So i can leave my garden as is until i get a yes from the council. A work colleague told me i would need the driveway block paved before the drop kerbs installed. i didn't no if that mean't before it was surveyed or after.

Stress of renovating my new home and then this on top. So confusing at times. Guess i should just try and relax a bit :doh:

I don't know about where you live but our council's web site stipulates that you need a hard standing of some sort prepared before they will drop the curb. They don't seem to enforce this though as out neighbours had the curb dropped months before having the block paving done.

Really, the definitive answer will be from the council involved.