Am I right that I will never get a dropped kerb approved here?

BagelLuvver

I'm wanting to put a dropped kerb between the massive cherry tree and the start of the neighbour's wall and literally every utility known to man has a box there. 

Brie

What do you need the curb for?  If it's just a small bit to get the bike off the road it might be possible.  It may also be very costly for you to do.  

RHemmings

Would it be possible to put a small kerb ramp there, e.g. a rubber one, and see if anybody removes it? 

BagelLuvver

It's for a car, I'm afraid, not the bike.

Regarding rubber ramps, yes, that's what I was thinking. Probably the best I can do. And just hope no one parks in front of them. 

Ayr_Rage

The large pit cover with PO on it may not take the weight of a vehicle.

FreeBear

And blur your number plate out - Way too easy to work out who & where you are.

RHemmings

Looking at the photos here, which is the only information on the setup I have, I just can't imagine how you're going to get a car over that bit of footpath. 

Sapindus

If it's against the law to drive over a pavement without a dropped kerb, surely putting in rubber ramps is just an admission that you are breaking the law.

RHemmings

Sapindus said:

If it's against the law to drive over a pavement without a dropped kerb, surely putting in rubber ramps is just an admission that you are breaking the law.

Which law makes it illegal to drive over a pavement without a dropped kerb. I checked the highway code and found this:

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You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & RTA 1988 sect 34

I cannot find any reference to dropped kerbs in either of the laws mentioned above. E.g. from: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/34

It is not an offence under this section for a person with an interest in land, or a visitor to any land, to drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road if, immediately before the commencement of section 47(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the road was—

(a)shown in a definitive map and statement as a road used as a public path, and

(b)in use for obtaining access to the land by the driving of mechanically propelled vehicles by a person with an interest in the land or by visitors to the land.]

Note: I'm not arguing with you or taking the position that it's legal. I'm interested in the true legal situation as around where I live a heck of a lot of people drive over curbs to part on verges and footpaths. 

35har1old

Ayr_Rage said:

The large pit cover with PO on it may not take the weight of a vehicle.

There should be no problems driving over it as there is one adjacent to my property which is driven over every day by my neighbour entering his driveway.
As BT boxes are meant to be to the outside edge of the footpath there has to be a built in tolerance to vehicles that mount footpaths 

artyboy

Putting rubber ramps there is just an invitation to the council to put a bollard on the pavement to block any further cars going over it. Why draw attention...?