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PersonMinty78
17/3/2017 at 2:59pm
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We dropped the kerb outside our house last year. We initially contacted the council who sent someone out to measure up and do the quote but the work was contracted out to Ringway. It cost £400 which was calculated by how many kerb stones needed replacing and how many square metres of pavement needed re-tarmacking.

We had the drive block paved about 6 months later and the driveway guys said they would have done it for £200...not sure if that would have been legit though or if it has to be officially done by the council.

Here's a picture that shows you the area of pavement £400 got us. Different councils may vary in price though. We could have done with extending it by one more kerbstone on the road side as we have to bump up the sloped one a bit when parking on that side of the drive.





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Cheers for your reply Minty78


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Our local Council seem a bit difficult about dropped kerbs as they insist on a number of conditions. Firstly they will insist that any hardstanding parking is built to modern standards in term of water absorption. If you have to have your drive replace that would add several thousand pounds to the bill.They also insist on reinforcing the pavement you drive across. Finally they insist that any loss of roadside parking is equal to the provision of parking to replace the loss.

David


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17/3/2017 at 9:27pm
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Blimey now I am in a dilemma , don't know whether or not to approach the council now or to just keep on as we have been just in case we don't fit the criteria ,and we have got to have the hardstanding replaced , certainly cant afford thousands Cheers for the info tho


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Our council said a flat no. We would have to get in touch with the highways first for them to drop a non existent curb as it's worn away. They quoted £15000 to be able to go across this non existent worn down old curb. So it meant we would be paying for a new one to be fitted either side. The council would not give us permission at all to cross their grass.

So we came to an abrupt stop. Hence into storage it went. It us very hard to keep a parking space outside even the disabled white lines. Now I have a lift at the back of a van the need for my own bay is essential as I cannot get the lift down unless on a straight path , road?
Different councils different rules as they see it.

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18/3/2017 at 5:24am
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Hi beanpark , we have a crossover already but it is not wide enough so we keep cutting the corner which crosses over a grassy patch which in this wet climate leaves muck across the road , when we moved in some twenty years ago I layered the whole front with concrete so we have room for three cars so would like to extend what we have ,thanks for your input


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Hi ,thank you all for your advice,my concern now is that if I go ahead and contact the council and get a survey done for a couple of hundred quid and they find that I need to get a yag load of work done amounting to thousands that I can't afford they will know that I need to get a crossing done and might stop us from doing what we are doing if you see what I mean cheers for any thoughts on this


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Quote: Originally posted by David Klyne on 17/3/2017
Our local Council seem a bit difficult about dropped kerbs as they insist on a number of conditions. Firstly they will insist that any hardstanding parking is built to modern standards in term of water absorption. If you have to have your drive replace that would add several thousand pounds to the bill.They also insist on reinforcing the pavement you drive across. Finally they insist that any loss of roadside parking is equal to the provision of parking to replace the loss.

David

That is not your local Council being difficult, but them adhering to the current Building Regulations.
All Councils should now be doing the same.

(see the picture of the block paving above)



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