Widening my driveway

maurice28

No expert by any means but I don't think the council will be that concerned with what you do with the part that is on your property, more anything that affects the pavement itself. You may just need to make sure there is sufficient drainage where the drive meets the pavement to compensate for the increased hard surface vs. grass.

If you haven't already, it might be worth having a look on your council's website in the section around dropped kerbs/vehicle crossings. It might clarify what you need to consider when constructing the parking area on your land. It won't clarify about planning permission etc but might help a little.

Section62

maurice28 said:

No expert by any means but I don't think the council will be that concerned with what you do with the part that is on your property, more anything that affects the pavement itself. You may just need to make sure there is sufficient drainage where the drive meets the pavement to compensate for the increased hard surface vs. grass.

See sheramber's post immediately prior to yours.  Depending on the details, the changes the OP wants to make on their own property may be the most important as to whether planning consent is required or not.

These small and somewhat innocuous proposals are some of the hardest to give accurate advice on because of the complexity of having both highway and planning law to contend with.

Putting in sufficient drainage is itself an issue as the water will need somewhere to go, and given the slopes on the driveway and road it won't necessarily be an easy thing to do.

warwick2001

Just wanted to thank everyone who has posted on this thread, its all been very helpful.

I rang the council yesterday, and the chap I spoke to didn't really know how to take this further forward, so he said he'll speak to someone else who apparently is the expert on these matters. I'll update as and when I hear anything further.

Eldi_Dos

If you lower wall along driveway and prune bush back hard enough would that give you clearance to pass with a buggy. Failing that shorter car?