Dropped Kerb Shenanigans

[linuxyeti]

Hi

We had a dropped kerb put in, it's not planning permission, but you have to get a license from the council, who will the provide you with a list of approved suppliers who can carry out the job, so you can't do it yourself, or get the chepest quote, unless they are on the approved list. For Wolverhampton, it was quite a small list of approved companies, almost like a protection racket !!

Anyhow, you are then responsible for the upkeep of the dropped kerb for 3 years, at which point, maintainence passes back to the council.

At no point do you own the kerb or have any particular rights to it, and it presense or size has no bearing whatsoever on the value of the house, whether or not the buyer would like to think otherwise.

Cheers

Tony
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[willis1337]

I had a dropped kerb put in specifically for a motorbike. The drop is only about 1.5 metres wide as that's all that I needed for the bike. I got it as the pavement was not wide enough to turn the bike, have to go straight to get in / out. Good thing is, now residents parking brought in I now have a 1.5 metre double yellow instead of a white line, so always kept clear. I'll dig out a pic. Easy enough to arrange but expect to spend between £500-£700 for all required letters from the utility companies, council fees and instalment costs.
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[Ariel Badger]

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To clarify the position re. Planning legislation - a dropped kerb doesn't in itself require planning permission. Creation of a vehicular access onto a classified road does however. Check with the Council to see if your road is 'classified'.

Re. the parking issue, provided the area you wish to park on is within the 'historic' curtilage of the house (don't confuse with 'garden'), you can usually construct a hardstanding for that purpose without the need for planning permission. It is 'development' under the definition within the T&CP Act 1990 however it is usually considered 'permitted development' under the GPDO. This assumes yours isn't Listed of course....

The permeable surface/drainage issue is a relevant one, and you may find that the Council insist on these matters being sorted out before you can use it. This is the Engineers, rather than the Planners btw.

Hope that helps.
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[sickpup]

Oddly about 4 weeks ago a friend of mine got a ticket for parking adjacent to his dropped kerb. Hillingdon run a system whereby anyone can register a dropped kerb (regardless of living at the address) with them and it is then treated as double yellow lines.

We have put in the appeal and are awaiting a reply

[grr666]

Two houses in my street have just taken a kango to the actual kerbstone chipping it off at an angle, and there's
one or two that have clearly been done by pikeys.
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