Oh dear! Just had visit from council officer about not having dropped kerb...

Wicked_witch

Thank you! I did get a call today from a very nice council lady who suggested trying their Rehabilitation dept for a partial grant before committing to the full cost, but the idea of the HA doing it didn't occur. I will look into it further soon, have to see if I am actually any good at driving first as I am terrified frankly (live in outer london and am already 33, not really ideal, lol).
Okay, back on topic!

ken_and_dot

Just a thought. How long has the space been used for parking. If over four years no planning permission is required. Is it not possible that a right of way has been established across the pavement due to continued use over a period of time.

picnic

bobby-boy wrote: »

yea picnic who cares about parents with pushchairs or kids on the pathway why should they expect to be able to walk on a path without a car driving along it!!!!!!!!

last time i looked pavements were for people to walk on and roads for cars to drive along.

thanks for your reply.... but just for the record.. I dont drive my car along the path. I have a dropped curb and gain access to my drive via that..
just what am i ment to say / do to stop them driving along the path???

[Deleted User]

picnic ~ what they are doing is illegal and dangerous for pedestrians. I am not sure how I would approach them, but it has to stop. Maybe you can make an anonymous call to the council?

chocolatechipcookies

~Beanie~ wrote: »

The council can put bollards up in front of your 'drive' and in fact have even done it when a car has been on the drive, blocking it in!

See this artice from the Dailty Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=524838&in_page_id=1770

That's the worst newspaper to link to. They're stories are so one sided and full of bullsh!t it's sickening.

macaque_2

Ellie007 wrote: »

So.....just had a knock at the door from a Council enforcement officer advising that I am committing an offence by parking on our drive which does not have a dropped kerb.

We bought the house last summer (described as having off street parking) and it came up on the survey that it had no dropped kerb. It may seem silly that we had not noticed, but the kerb is so shallow anyway that it was not obvious. My solicitor advised that the chances of ever having a problem was so minimal as not to worry about it....and as the sale was so far progressed and we had to exchange or lose our buyer, we went ahead.

Anyway, I've been advised that unless we have a dropped kerb put in the council will erect bollards in front of our house at £150/each (we would have to have four apparently and be liable for paying for them). I am happy to go ahead with the kerb but am worried that the application will be refused as the distance from the front of the house (i.e. front of bay windows) to the pavement is 4.66m and the council website states it needs to be 4.8m. The frontage of our property is 10.3m wide though so will common sense prevail as there is plenty of room for both cars to fit without protruding onto the pavement? How likely are the Council to refuse anyway, as it seems like a nice earner (apparently I am looking at approx £1,000 bill - ouch!)

Does anyone have any experience or advice?

Thanks

New Labour promised more public spending. So this is what they meant. I suspect that more 80% of the population would strongly dissaprove of the council's actions in this matter. And we kid ourselves that we live in a democratic society with accountable public servants.

In Eire, they pay no council tax at all. I wonder if their lives are plagued by small minded beauracrats from their local town hall.

21castlehill

Badger_Lady wrote: »

It may well depend on local authorities, but I have seen someone obtain permission for dropped kerbs so that they can park sideways on their "drive" in front of the house, i.e. the house is only 2 metres from the pavement and 4 metres wide.

In which case, OP, I can't see yours being a problem

Don't even need to park sideways, you just need to show that you have the required length at any angle. Friend of mine marked a drawing showing the approach at about 75 degrees instead of straight out at 90 degrees & got his PP for a garage no problem.

Dan29

Spendless wrote: »

Ellie- when I had my house valued the EA told me that they couldn't advertise the house as having off road parking UNLESS there was a dropped kerb. He said they got round this when taking a photo of the house by making sure a car on the drive was in the picture.

A house in my road is currently being advertised as having off road parking despite not having a dropped kerb. It seems wrong to me but I suppose all it proves is that some estate agents are even more unscrupulous than others :rolleyes:

Debt_Free_Chick

Dan29 wrote: »

A house in my road is currently being advertised as having off road parking despite not having a dropped kerb. It seems wrong to me but I suppose all it proves is that some estate agents are even more unscrupulous than others :rolleyes:

Most EAs don't even know about dropped curbs or that permission is needed from Highways!

*jobags*

macaque wrote: »

New Labour promised more public spending. So this is what they meant. I suspect that more 80% of the population would strongly dissaprove of the council's actions in this matter. And we kid ourselves that we live in a democratic society with accountable public servants.

In Eire, they pay no council tax at all. I wonder if their lives are plagued by small minded beauracrats from their local town hall.

Er those "accountable publice servants" are just implementing the policies which your elected councillors decided to introduce

Most "accountable public servants" can't believe the dross that people elect to represent them and then find they have to implement the ridiculous policies which they dream up usually on the back of a bottle or two of vino

The major policies re charging and enforcement have to go through Cabinet at your local council and be approved by councillors before they can be implemented

So don't knock the council officers - if there is something going on in your area that you don't like get onto your local councillor and ask what he/she is doing to get the petty policy overturned

Jo