Anyone live on a corner/junction and had a kerb dropped?

champ222

champ222

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Hi All

This is sort of Motors related.

Work is now offering a company car as an alternative to a car allowance. The company car only makes sense financially if its an EV. And that really only works financially if i can charge it at home. I live on the corner of a junction. I assume its classed as a junction.

cant get imgur to give me a link compatible with the forum without rage getting the better of me, so click here:

The rules state that it must be 10M from a junction. We would be less than that. 7 ish, but i can find examples that look much the same as this.

Has anyone had a kerb dropped in a similar location?

Ive contacted the council, and someone responded saying they would check if its likely before i apply (£150 non returnable fee) but theyve gone silent.

Thanks
 
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You sure you want to dox yourself on a public forum mate?

Kerb doesn't look that high. Plank of wood or a couple of those hardened rubber wedges and you're good to go, providing your neighbours play ball.
 
Its really down to the council in your area. Had a quick look at satellite view and the houses on corners with a driveway are cul-de-sac with no further road. There is nothing stopping you putting in a driveway and to be honest that kerb looks low enough to drive over. It won't give you any right to access and if BT come along and stick a telegraph pole there or neighbours report you then tough luck. And if you are having pavement work done tough.

Saying all that, the guy who had the house before me converted it from single to double driveway but didn't extent the dropped kerb to cover both spaces. I've been driving over it for nearly 30 years. It reached the stage where I don't want to ask about dropping it anymore in case I get refused. My area guidelines say I am allowed 3m of dropped kerb but I am corner house and the kerb is dropped on the corner for pedestrians and the council say that counts as part of the 3m even though its completely useless for access to my driveway.
 
Here's the entrance to the street where I used to live. Two dropped kerbs right on the junction.

Are the rules you mention local, or legislative?
 
My driveway is opposite a junction and despite the council rules saying I can't/they won't, the council approved extending the single width drop to double. Might be slightly different though in that the house already had a drop and was just extending, rather than adding new access.
 
This is definitely council specific and if there're parking restrictions, it might sway the drop kerb in your favour. (Doesn't look like there will be though)

We have no parking Mon to Fri outside between 8am and 6pm (live near a hospital) so asked for a drop kerb and we are probably 4 metres, if not less, from the corner and our drop kerb was approved.

Maybe we got lucky, not sure!
 
Thanks guys

This is what I have seen regarding the distance to the junction:

Link

There are loads or carers to visit the many elderly and disabled in the area. The parking is dreadful, so without a dropped kerb, we are likely to be blocked in or out fairly often.

It's going to take a lot of work to convert the front garden into a driveway, I dont want to go through all that unless it's done properly. The garden needs a lot of work anyway, so now is a good time to apply.
 
Update:

I decided to pay the £150 to apply to have the kerb dropped. They agreed, yay, but i have to have the dropped kerb that is currently in front of the garage removed, not yay. Apparently they dont allow two dropped kerbs for one house. Despite showing evidence of numerous houses that do, theyre not having it.

Its an old sectional concrete garage that was there when we moved in. If it wasnt full of junk, i dont think youd fit a modern car in it. I'll certainly never put a car in it, so i'm not that bothered in that regard. But i'll have to pay for the work to be done, so it will do doubt cost more for me. someone has been round to paint some lines on the kerbs, so now waiting for someone to quote for the work.

Having the kerb re-instated in front of the garage, might actually work out to be a good thing. There is a strip of grass between our fence and the path. We tried to buy this from the housing association, but the reason the gave for not selling, was because it would block the view of imaginary traffic coming in and out of the garage. Personally i think they just dont want to sell it, but it does mean we can try that again. We are thinking about an extension on the side of the house. This could add a meter to the width of the extension, which would make all the difference!
 
champ222 said:
Update:

I decided to pay the £150 to apply to have the kerb dropped. They agreed, yay, but i have to have the dropped kerb that is currently in front of the garage removed, not yay. Apparently they dont allow two dropped kerbs for one house. Despite showing evidence of numerous houses that do, theyre not having it.

Its an old sectional concrete garage that was there when we moved in. If it wasnt full of junk, i dont think youd fit a modern car in it. I'll certainly never put a car in it, so i'm not that bothered in that regard. But i'll have to pay for the work to be done, so it will do doubt cost more for me. someone has been round to paint some lines on the kerbs, so now waiting for someone to quote for the work.

Having the kerb re-instated in front of the garage, might actually work out to be a good thing. There is a strip of grass between our fence and the path. We tried to buy this from the housing association, but the reason the gave for not selling, was because it would block the view of imaginary traffic coming in and out of the garage. Personally i think they just dont want to sell it, but it does mean we can try that again. We are thinking about an extension on the side of the house. This could add a meter to the width of the extension, which would make all the difference!
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Have one dropped curb which wraps around :P

“Yes but sir it’s only one dropped curb”
 
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