Reply With QuoteDepend on the council, west Lancashire are a right pain about it as they had a a bit of a scam going recently. They wanted £1411 of us for a double driveway
I have room for two cars at the front of my house on the drive but only 2 mtr of dropped kerb so I have applied for an extra 2mtr application costs £150 non refundable.
I am no expert but it looks totally straight forward, no obstacles etc etc.
I woke up Friday morning to see that the local authority must have been out and surveyed the area.
Any idea of costs for an extra 2mtr ? this in in the Leicester authority area.
Depend on the council, west Lancashire are a right pain about it as they had a a bit of a scam going recently. They wanted £1411 of us for a double driveway
Interested to see how much this is need the same doing under Staffordshire council
There is an online calculator for my council.
My council charge £2000, my wife things it’s excessive and so we haven’t proceeded, yet.
It will be between £1500 and £2000. My local authority have started allowing 3rd party contractors to complete the works as long as they have £10m cover and you pay for the clerk of works time.
Ross
Also depends on kerbstones and what’s under the pavements. My neighbour paid over £3k
Good grief! That’s shocking.
If you’d asked me, I’d have guessed £2-300.
Never gets cheaperOriginally Posted by bloater
In fairness, I had some drive edge kerbs put in and a small patch dug out and tarmaced and it was a tad less than £1k from a reputable private contractor. I would expect this to be a similar, if not slightly larger job.
Liverpool council around £80 per metre squared inside the last 12 months for me.
Why bother? It's not like it's a pretty outlook and the kerb looks quite low as it is.
Because legally your not supposed to drive over a normal kerb.
Presumably someone can legally park over half his driveway at the moment
Another law with zero chance of enforcement.
^ Interesting, thanks chaps. In that case, how odd not having one in front of your driveway in the first place.
Front gardens converted to parking, people just don’t bother.
Totally agree, we paid the council £350 40 yes 40 years ago. My Pal in East Lancs just paid £1500 for dropping a kerb and tarmaccing where the grass verge was.
Nothing to do with pretty outlook ?? and I don't want to be bouncing the little MR2 i've just bought up the kerb, the existing kerb is approx 100mm high.
No worse than a speed bump if you take it slowly, and you're not going to be parking at 20+ mph.
My council allowed the use of private contractors from an “approved list” I used the guys who blocked part of the garden for me. Cost just under a grand. Paperwork for a bit delayed thanks to covid so I had a very annoyed chap from highways come out to survey the work as someone had made a formal complaint. I did ask what happens if you don’t get permission, they have a policy of installing bollards to prevent illegal access so its worth getting permission!
A speed bump is curved whereas a kerb isent so personally I would rather drive over a speed bump than a kerb but thats just me :)
Not true. In Enfield the council put massive bollards up to block anyone who had a driveway without a dropped kerb. Will cost probably 10k to reverse that and that's if they let you.
/\ unbelievable!
what is their logic? Something to do with the double yellows and causing a hazard? Or just spite?
Or perhaps to deter people from doing whatever they want whilst ignoring the correct procedures?
There were cases of a local authority doing and then just sending the bill out.
A piece of timber cut like a wedge will do the trick
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Can't remember fully, it was a good few years ago, but it might have been do to with breaking paving slabs.
That's Southbury Road (A110) which later turns into Nags Head Road (still A110, same council) yet none of the houses on Nags Head Road had the same done to them. Weird when it's effective the same road. The whole of Nags Head looks like this.
The pavement in that area isn’t design to take wheel loads. Ultimately the paving will crack and need repairing. Once cracked it will become a trip hazard that the council would be liable for should someone trip and claim.
Any utilities apparatus could be damaged as a consequence of the over run also.
Ross
Gawd, that looks ugly, and that Audi or whatever it is is halfway across the pavement!Can't remember fully, it was a good few years ago, but it might have been do to with breaking paving slabs.
That's Southbury Road (A110) which later turns into Nags Head Road (still A110, same council) yet none of the houses on Nags Head Road had the same done to them. Weird when it's effective the same road. The whole of Nags Head looks like this.
Cheers,
Neil.
Is that a cycle lane? Is the reason not because cars can no longer park on the road?Can't remember fully, it was a good few years ago, but it might have been do to with breaking paving slabs.
That's Southbury Road (A110) which later turns into Nags Head Road (still A110, same council) yet none of the houses on Nags Head Road had the same done to them. Weird when it's effective the same road. The whole of Nags Head looks like this.
Only a single yellow, should be able to park there in the right times.
It seems to work out around £1000 per kerb round here.
60 years ago in Ruislip. My parents had a dropped kerb installed by the council. £25.
Very neat job as well.
Was approximately a weeks wage.
My neighbor had a piece of wood to help him into his drive because his dropped kerb was too small, he got a visit from a council guy who told him what he was doing was against the law and to move it, sad but true.
I bought a couple of these ramps from amazon, really good but a pain putting them in place, get off the drive, remove them, arrive back put ramps in place, once on the drive remove them, bugger i'm done in just thinking about it and thats if no cars are blocking my entrance to the parking area.
I would guess op yours would be £1000-£1300 through the local authority. We paid £2500 but ours is set back a bit from the road.
We extended our drive width to fit 3 cars vs 2 & luckily the drop kerb was long enough for the smart to squeeze on. Otherwise was going to be £1.5-2k.
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Poole Council did mine - many years ago. I don't remeber it being expensive and they were the only ones who quoted in the end, they did a really good job too.
All other things being equal, that would be my position as well. However the speed at which you approach typically is not.
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Hig...Crossings.aspx
You can use a registered contractor and SCC will email you the list.
What world are you living in? 2-300 is going to get you one guy, for one day with a spade. You'll need a lot more than that to lift a footpath, dig out old kerb, level, fit new kerb and tarmac top surface.
I'd estimate:
2 x groundsworkers @£200-300 per day to dig out and level
1 x Concrete breaker
1 x digger
1 pick-up truck
1 skip
Ton of hard core
New kerbs
Mortar
Top layer of Tarmac + specialist contractor to lay it
1 x Tarmac Roller
Private job: minimum 3 people, 1-2 days, materials, plant hire.
Council job: 3-5 people, 2-3 days, materials, plant hire.
+ with any council job you have one guy who sits in the van, another who watches the guys do the job, one to put cones out and sweep up, one to direct traffic, one to drive a digger, and a manager.
I struck lucky as my local council did mine for free. Double width too covering my garage and drive.
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The only real way to find out is to ring them and ask, if they insist on doing the job themselves then you're stuck with that price, but if you're allowed to ring private contractors who are registered with the council then you might have wiggle room, it's not as Cheap as some have said anymore, but then what is nowadays, £200-300 per day for a bloke with a shovel!!!!!!!!!!!! you're having a laugh fella.
Some prices and info here https://pricethisplease.co.uk/dropped-kerb-cost/ (which seem very cheap TBH).
In Hertfordshire it was £75 or £150 for a survey to get a price. Not refundable but did come as a credit off the bill if you went ahead. Was about £3.5k in the end I think.
This £300 joker must be 90 years old or own slaves.
I paid £150 for the survey (non refundable) now waiting on the councils quote.
Fees
There is an initial non-refundable application fee of £150 for an Officer to process the application to assess whether an access will be allowed. This fee must be sent with the application form.
If your application is approved and you choose to use a private contractor (Option 2) then a further payment of £240 (Permit Fee) will be required before the permit is issued.
If you have the works carried out by the County Council (Option 1) then this fee is absorbed within the construction costs.
Have a look at this calculator here
https://lco.lancashire.gov.uk/servic...dimensions.asp
Apply for a dropped kerb (or to extend a dropped kerb) (wigan.gov.uk)
Much the same here, M - a rough guesstimate for the OP's extension came in at 490, which is pretty good value versus the 1.63 men with shovels that will apparently get you in Yorkshire.
Sort of curious as to what you want to do? Area marked looks like part of the street. Bike lane?
In Canada and most cities. The cars in the Nags Head Rd. image would all get tickets for blocking a sidewalk
DON
The area marked is the pavement/sidewalk, I want the kerbing stones dropped that edge the pavement/sidewalk next to the road so that I can drive my car onto the drive legally and without causing damage to my car or the kerbing.
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