Dropped kerb permission for extra driveway access
Discussion
I'm posting this mainly for catharsis but still interested in opinions.
Guy nearby lives on the corner. Mixture of semis and terraces. On street parking has always beenn ok because there is a decent stretch of pavement with no houses.
Originally he had his normal drive (1) which was always a tight fit but similar houses manage. He never used the drive, always parking a large SUV outside blocking the corner vision.
There was also a side door access dropped kerb, presumably for his wife (2).
Then he knocked his hedging down at (3) and built a second garage. This meant he had basically claimed the pavement in front of his drive. This much later became a dropped kerb (3).
I would not care about this one iota except once I had to park between (2) and (4) and he came out and asked me where he was going to be able to park if I parked there. Not pleasantly, pretty aggro, He's an older guy who my neighbours seem to know from way back so I bit my lip and parked much ffurther away.
One of the nearby houses is now a 5x HMO so parking is becoming more challenging.
He basically owns that corner now. Whether it's his caravan (rarely but still sometimes), SUV, van or a couple of other cars that he uses/visitors and he never uses his drives fully before taking the on street spaces.
I fully appreciate the on street spaces are anyone's. No problem there.
Now, it seems like work is taking place on area (5). There is already a strange almost half dropped kerb at (4). I noticed the broadband box had been damaged and the area is generally a right mess.
Eventually I believe he wants his caravan there with easier access due to (5) and he will likely use all those drive spaces and on street parking too.
To me it seems like the Council are just giving him more parking spaces at the expense of the many nearby terraces.
His endgame is clearly to have dropped kerb all around his corner plot.
Does this seem normal?
Guy nearby lives on the corner. Mixture of semis and terraces. On street parking has always beenn ok because there is a decent stretch of pavement with no houses.
Originally he had his normal drive (1) which was always a tight fit but similar houses manage. He never used the drive, always parking a large SUV outside blocking the corner vision.
There was also a side door access dropped kerb, presumably for his wife (2).
Then he knocked his hedging down at (3) and built a second garage. This meant he had basically claimed the pavement in front of his drive. This much later became a dropped kerb (3).
I would not care about this one iota except once I had to park between (2) and (4) and he came out and asked me where he was going to be able to park if I parked there. Not pleasantly, pretty aggro, He's an older guy who my neighbours seem to know from way back so I bit my lip and parked much ffurther away.
One of the nearby houses is now a 5x HMO so parking is becoming more challenging.
He basically owns that corner now. Whether it's his caravan (rarely but still sometimes), SUV, van or a couple of other cars that he uses/visitors and he never uses his drives fully before taking the on street spaces.
I fully appreciate the on street spaces are anyone's. No problem there.
Now, it seems like work is taking place on area (5). There is already a strange almost half dropped kerb at (4). I noticed the broadband box had been damaged and the area is generally a right mess.
Eventually I believe he wants his caravan there with easier access due to (5) and he will likely use all those drive spaces and on street parking too.
To me it seems like the Council are just giving him more parking spaces at the expense of the many nearby terraces.
His endgame is clearly to have dropped kerb all around his corner plot.
Does this seem normal?
There are strict restrictions for installing dropped curbs especially near junctions which might apply.
Were the dropped curbs installed through the council or were they DIY by the homeowner?
The council may have a planning portal where you can see of dropped curb requests are shown and you can see if these are mentioned.
In any case ask the council if the dropped curbs were installed by the council.
Were the dropped curbs installed through the council or were they DIY by the homeowner?
The council may have a planning portal where you can see of dropped curb requests are shown and you can see if these are mentioned.
In any case ask the council if the dropped curbs were installed by the council.
There are two separate mechanisms that would control this. Firstly, any works on the public highway requires the appropriate licence to be agreed with the highway authority. It would be extremely unusual for a dropped kerb licence to be approved in the location shown.
It may also require planning permission, through the planning authority. This would definitely be required if the road affected was classified, and there may be other planning restrictions that would necessitate an approval.
It may also require planning permission, through the planning authority. This would definitely be required if the road affected was classified, and there may be other planning restrictions that would necessitate an approval.
McGraw said:
He basically owns that corner now. Whether it's his caravan (rarely but still sometimes), SUV, van or a couple of other cars that he uses/visitors and he never uses his drives fully before taking the on street spaces.
I fully appreciate the on street spaces are anyone's. No problem there.
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His endgame is clearly to have dropped kerb all around his corner plot.
I might not be right, but I always understood that you can't park in front of your own drop kerb.I fully appreciate the on street spaces are anyone's. No problem there.
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His endgame is clearly to have dropped kerb all around his corner plot.
He might not get what he thinks he is getting.
Mercury00 said:
You can't park on a junction anyway, so it makes no difference to the on street parking if he uses the corner for access.
It's perfectly possible to park on a junction, around here loads of people do it.I wonder if the increase in plug in cars will result in tighter regulation of residential parking, we might suddenly find that lots of people have nowhere to park.
Around here, the houses with a one-car driveway often have a motorhome or a boat on it.
Loads of people have rarely used cars taking up parking.
Parking half on the pavement is a given for many people. Wasn't there some recent wittering about changing the rules about this?
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