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Grant help to build a drop kerb at a new property.

Sansom30
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I've tried to search for help on this but can not find much. I was wondering if anyone knew of any help towards putting in a dropped kerb in our first home, which already has a parking drive on the front, but the sellers never got around to putting in a drop kerb. The neighbours have already mentioned it was the best thing they did to help stop people parking in front of the drive, but also that it cost a small fortune to get.
We are going to be a new family soon, and the money and pressure on a first house, and new baby is going to put this on hold for quite some time.
But any advice on anything that might help towards this would be incredibly helpful and appreciated.
We are going to be a new family soon, and the money and pressure on a first house, and new baby is going to put this on hold for quite some time.
But any advice on anything that might help towards this would be incredibly helpful and appreciated.
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Sansom30 said:which already has a parking drive on the front, but the sellers never got around to putting in a drop kerb.5
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no, why should the taxpayer fund your personal desire?
Did you inform your solicitor that there was no existing dropped kerb and ask them to check for permission ?
Did the estate agent refer to a "driveway" given there is no existing dropped kerb so no legal right of access to the frontage of the property.
sounds like your new neighbours followed the rules, don't make the mistake of thinking you can ignore them, even if your sellers did so to date.7 -
Well, I'd like a taxpayer funded helicopter please....
I sincerely hope there's no such grant or bung for homeowners to get dropped kerb paid for by us lot..
Yes, check one was approved to be installed by council first.2 -
You may have to clarify this a bit. Usually if there is no dropped curb then there is no right of access across the pavement to your property. That's what a raised curb is for. You can't just clear a space in front of your house (which I assume the previous owners did) and drive up the pavement and call it a driveway.Or do you mean that there is an existing small/shared dropped curb which you want to extend?1
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Why should taxpayers pay to improve your property
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theartfullodger said:Well, I'd like a taxpayer funded helicopter please....
I sincerely hope there's no such grant or bung for homeowners to get dropped kerb paid for by us lot..
Yes, check one was approved to be installed by council first.0 -
35har1old said:theartfullodger said:Well, I'd like a taxpayer funded helicopter please....
I sincerely hope there's no such grant or bung for homeowners to get dropped kerb paid for by us lot..
Yes, check one was approved to be installed by council first.3 -
ButterCheese said:You may have to clarify this a bit. Usually if there is no dropped curb then there is no right of access across the pavement to your property. That's what a raised curb is for. You can't just clear a space in front of your house (which I assume the previous owners did) and drive up the pavement and call it a driveway.In the majority of cases the BiB isn't true. There is a common law right of access to land adjoining the highway. The highway and planning acts give highway and planning authorities powers to control how that access is achieved, and in some cases can take action to stop such access taking place.The purpose of a normal height kerb is to delineate the edge of the carriageway and give structural support to the footway or verge, not to stop people driving over it.0
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Bookworm105 said:35har1old said:theartfullodger said:Well, I'd like a taxpayer funded helicopter please....
I sincerely hope there's no such grant or bung for homeowners to get dropped kerb paid for by us lot..
Yes, check one was approved to be installed by council first.
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Section62 said:ButterCheese said:You may have to clarify this a bit. Usually if there is no dropped curb then there is no right of access across the pavement to your property. That's what a raised curb is for. You can't just clear a space in front of your house (which I assume the previous owners did) and drive up the pavement and call it a driveway.In the majority of cases the BiB isn't true. There is a common law right of access to land adjoining the highway. The highway and planning acts give highway and planning authorities powers to control how that access is achieved, and in some cases can take action to stop such access taking place.The purpose of a normal height kerb is to delineate the edge of the carriageway and give structural support to the footway or verge, not to stop people driving over it.2
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