Council Approved Dropped Kerb Contractors
Need your kerbs dropping for easy access to your property or driveway?
We offer same day quotations for all your drop kerb needs
Find Experienced Dropped Kerbs In South Muskham - Kerb Dropping Specialists in Nottinghamshire
Call Today For Your Free Quote - 07595 510190
We are fully licenced and insured drop kerb contractors, partnering with the local council and Highways Authority to carry out every job in compliance with all essential regulations.
In most cases you don’t need to apply for anything from the council, we take care of all of that for you. We will submit the application and you will receive an email from the council on approval.
A kerb drop is a legal requirement if you want to drive over the pavement onto your property.
Any entry onto a public highway from a residential or commercial driveway area must have a vehicle crossover.
Kerb dropping permits vehicles to cross the pavement from the road to a driveway and it is a legal requirement if you wish to drive across the pavement onto your property.
Recent Installations
Installing a vehicle access crossover can make a significant improvement to easy access your property as well as helping to make sure people do not park across your driveway.
The law pertaining to the access states: If you plan to drive a vehicle over the footway in to your driveway off a highway, then you will need make these changes to your access.
If you do not, you must not drive over the footway. If you do this, you are breaking the law and enforcement action might be taken to stop such practice.
The pavement may need to be reinforced in front of the building, and in some cases, it may be essential for lampposts, manhole covers and other street furniture to be moved.
Drop Kerb Specialists in South Muskham
Kerb drops, also called vehicle access crossovers, are an adaptation to the footpath. It involves lowering the kerb and laying new foundations to the paving to enable a car to be driven onto the front area of a property.
The work involves lowering the kerbstones and strengthening the pavement to create a ramp, and must only be performed by an authorised provider with Street Works Accreditation, and who have the required Public Liability insurance to comply with the local authorities requirements.
Vehicle access cross overs comprise normally of 3 or 4 dropped kerbs with a tapered or transition kerb on either side. The standard maximum total width at road level for a VAC is 3.6 metres (i.e. normally 4 kerbs).
We have several years experience in putting in drop kerbs and making an application for the relevant planning permission. We are able to work in partnership with your local county council whilst complying with all essential regulations.
You can either apply to your local council for permission for kerb dropping outside your building or we are able to apply to your local authority on your behalf.
We are members of the Streetworks Qualifications Register (SWQR). The SWQR holds details of qualified providers who have gained the appropriate qualifications in relation to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, which is necessary for any contractor excavating a highway.
We focus on delivering a service that gets it correct the first time. By buying high quality components, equipment and processes, we make sure that we deliver sustainable and affordable solutions that will last.
We pride ourselves on our exceptional workmanship and client care and we make sure that every job is carried out to the highest quality standards.
Our staff can check out your site to carry out a free no-obligation survey. This enables our surfacing contractors to completely understand your requirements and offer an accurate and affordable quote.
Call us today for a free quote on 07595 510190
South Muskham Kerb Dropping Contractors
The huge growth in demand for off-street parking has seen more and more people drop kerbs to establish car standing at the front of their homes.
Research by home insurer Direct Line shows that off-street parking is seen by estate agents as a beneficial feature which adds value to a property. This, combined with escalating parking limitations in many residential locations, has brought about planning applications increase greatly over recent years.
However while putting in car standing space to the front of your home may well add value to your property, there are numerous things to take into consideration, not least environmental consequences, and flooding is a big problem.
When you replace a front lawn with hard standing, rainwater can no longer soak into the ground. As increasingly more households take this action, the cumulative effect severely increases the risk of flooding, so it’s important to incorporate drainage in your plans.
Planning permission is generally needed if you wish to drop the kerb outside your building to allow a car to cross the pavement. This is because the pavement might need to be reinforced to take the weight of vehicles and help prevent them from damaging the surface or any pipes or cables underneath. It is also to ensure the new access will not be a safety risk to other highway users.
Find Experienced Dropped Kerbs In South Muskham - Kerb Dropping Specialists in Nottinghamshire
Call Today For Your Free Quote - 07595 510190
You can find out if you require planning permission by contacting your local council (you can find the relevant council at the government website). How much it costs to apply will depend upon your specific location.
If permission is given, you then you need to find a local professional to do the work for you.
It’s certainly not a DIY job as the council will have requirements that service providers must meet. Some will only permit you to use their endorsed contractors, while others allow you to use your own, just as long as they are certified to the requirements of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, and hold public liability insurance. For this case, there might be an additional charge for highway assessments by the council.
Nottinghamshire Vehicle Crossover Experts
However first it’s worth establishing if consent is likely to be granted. Below is a list of considerations. If any among these criteria is not met, planning permission is probably to be declined:
- Your front garden must be big enough for you to park your vehicle fully on your property.
- The kerb must be at least 4.8 m from the front of your house; or 6m if the parking area is in front of a door or garage.
- The parking area must be at least 2.4 m wide.
- The suggested access to your property must be more than 10m away from a road junction; 15m away from busy junctions or on primary roads.
- It has to be at least 1.5 m away from street lights and other street furniture.
- It must meet visibility guidelines; this depends upon the type of road.
- Appropriate drainage must be provided to remove the surplus surface water.
The extraction of tree roots must be avoided. - The incline from your property to the road must not be too steep.
- Lastly, you as the property owner must consent to the kerb being dropped; for example, a renter can not apply on their landlord’s behalf.
We cover all these local areas and lots more- South Muskham & Little Carlton, North Muskham, Bathley, Holme, Kelham, Winthorpe, Langford, Newark-on-Trent, Averham, Beacon Hill
We Install Driveways Too!
If you need a dropped kerb you probably need a driveway too.
We can give you a quote for:
Resin Drives
Tarmac Drives
Concrete Drives
Block Paving Drives
Imprinted Concrete
Ask us for a free quote!
Q and A’s
Prices vary depending on where you live, how many kerbs are to be dropped and whether or not you wish to extend an already-dropped kerb. While some councils and contractors offer extended dropped kerbs for free, others charge as much as £1800. The entire job takes about 1 to 2 hours.
The Highways Act 1980 – Section 184, makes it an offence to drive a vehicle across a footway, or verge, where there is no proper vehicle crossover. They can be used to permit vehicles to cross the public footway.
A driveway with an average length will require you to lower five of the kerb sections. Your local Council will be your highway authority. This assumes that the Council has the road and footpath. The Council might decide not to grant permission, either as a roads authority or planning authority, or both.
A dropped kerb is the sloped area where the vehicle crosses from the road to the front of the property. Often it is a driveway with a dropped kerb.
If you park your vehicle partially or completely across a dropped kerb, it is considered obstruction. This can be enforced either by the police and the council. You can get a PCN for parking on your own dropped kerb, however absurd it may sound
Parking on a drop kerb is considered a parking violation and can result in a Penalty Notice. If you park across a dropped curb, you will be charged with an offense unless you have permission.
Although adding a spot for your car will increase the property’s value, it will depend on where you live. Keep in mind, however, that dropping a kerb on your property outside will require you to submit an application.
Between the junction’s entrance and the proposed location for vehicular access, there must be at most 10m. You must ensure that no part of your vehicle is parked on the road or pavement.
If you want to remove the curb from your property in order to permit a vehicle to cross the pavement, planning permission will usually be required. Because vehicles can cause damage to the pavement, or to any pipes or cables under it, the pavement may need reinforcement.
Dropped kerb is required if you plan to drive your vehicle across the footway from your driveway onto a highway. You must have a dropped kerb in order to drive your vehicle over the footway. Doing so is a violation of the law, and enforcement actions could be taken against you.
Do I Own the Verge Outside My House UK
Council Approved Dropped Kerb Contractors Need your kerbs dropping for easy access to your property or driveway? We offer same day quotations for all your drop kerb needs Find Experienced…
Can I Get a Dropped Kerb if Disabled?
Council Approved Dropped Kerb Contractors Need your kerbs dropping for easy access to your property or driveway? We offer same day quotations for all your drop kerb needs Find Experienced…
Can I Block My Own Driveway?
Council Approved Dropped Kerb Contractors Need your kerbs dropping for easy access to your property or driveway? We offer same day quotations for all your drop kerb needs Find Experienced…