Driveway

Scrapit

Just so we are clear, he ain't being a !!!!. You are.

Aylesbury_Duck

Scrapit wrote: »

Just so we are clear, he ain't being a !!!!. You are.

I agree with the first sentence but not the second. OP seems to be looking for a solution.

OP, don't spend any money until you're sure the survey says you can proceed. There are sometimes all sorts of factors to consider such as drainage, access, minimum dimensions (which it sounds like you meet) and of course the loss of the public amenity which is the current availability to park on the street where your dropped kerb would go. It's possible that they'll consider you gaining one space for yourself at the cost of one space that anybody can use is not a good move.

TooManyPoints

All the council's survey will b concerned with is whether you have the space for a dropped drive (no trees, lamposts, bus stops likely to cause a problem, etc.) and that the footway can be modified to accommodate vehicles crossing it. There is no need for you to do any work beforehand and, as has been mentioned, if your dropped drive cannot be built there is no point in you undertaking any anyway.

Scrapit

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

I agree with the first sentence but not the second. OP seems to be looking for a solution.

OP, don't spend any money until you're sure the survey says you can proceed. There are sometimes all sorts of factors to consider such as drainage, access, minimum dimensions (which it sounds like you meet) and of course the loss of the public amenity which is the current availability to park on the street where your dropped kerb would go. It's possible that they'll consider you gaining one space for yourself at the cost of one space that anybody can use is not a good move.

The getting a drop curb and expecting to park outside your own gaff are 2 different things and carry implications with each. Drop curb is quite sensible and right. Expecting to park outside your place in the public's road is the right of the property owner and everyone else as well.

spiro

My SIL is just doing this. The council came round and did a survey and an application was subsequently approved. Before they will start the work on the drop kerb you must have installed your driveway. I think this was to stop people getting a drop kerb and then not installing a driveway.

I know some time ago I one London borough they had a clamp down on people who repeatedly parked in their front garden without a drop kerb having been written to more than once advising it was illegal. The councils tactic was to come round overnight when the car was in the garden and install bollards so they couldn't get the cars out. The residents couldn't remove the bollards because that would have been criminal damage.

sheramber

Once you get permission for the drop kerb and the drive you can get the drive laid, then the council will get the drop kerb done.

No point in removing a wall etc until you know that you can get a drop kerb.

DoaM

Which means the OP's question is answered ... No, you don't have to start the work before the survey is done. But the work must be completed before the Council will install the dropped kerb.

CARRYONFILM12

Around here dropped kerbs have to be done by a council approved contractor.

spiro

CARRYONFILM12 wrote: »

Around here dropped kerbs have to be done by a council approved contractor.

As far as I know that is the case everywhere, it is down to the council to install it.

Car_54

RichardD1970 wrote: »

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

What the HC actually says (Rule 243) is

"DO NOT stop or park ... in front of an entrance to a property", i.e. whether or not there is a dropped kerb.


It also says "DO NOT stop or park ... where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles", which does not seem to apply in the OP's case.