costs of lowering curb for a drive

[racingsnake2]

just read the thread on garages but i dont have room for one but i do have room for a drive on the front do you have to apply to do this, anyone know what cost councils like to charge for coming and lowering a curb any help would be appretiated

[Dexy]

dont think its much mate its only 2 angled bits and 2 flat ones. iirc

[lethal]

In most cases you have to pay off the council and have council engineers in to do the drop-kerb.

Doing it w/o council permit / engineers means paying a fine + the cost of putting it back the way it was. (Techinically it's their property).

This is probably specific to our area but when we had a drop-kerb extension and resurface done this year, it cost us an arse-watering £3,000.

[Terry]

An ex work mate had this done by the council to get access for her drive. She was expecting a big bill but they didn't charge her a penny.
Because she needed access to her driver the council provided it without charge. Maybe it's different council policy though. If you have a driveway the council need to give access

[Dave Hay]

we just had a lil tar poured in front of kerb to lessen angle

like lethal says otherwise though.

[danielleG]

i had mine done 6 months ago on my old property before i moved -council charged me £500.

[Astraghoul]

actual cost to drop the kerb is a few quid but as said above, main cost is incurred by thge council (planning permission, public liability insurance etc etc) and you can only get it dropped by a council approved/appointed tradesperson

[The Rig]

Had mine done few yrs back, £75 to the council for the guy to come out and inspect said company doing it, he never did tho,but if u dont pay it, they can come out and tell u to put it back to how it was yada yada so worth the £75 for that sake, found some guys to do it, there own company, £400

so £475 i had a good drop kerb, the depth was good as well etc,no bodge job.

some companys wanted £900 + to do it.

[Steve!]

My father had his done not long back, Was about £275 through the council.

[gixerboyuk]

The prices for this vary greatly reading this thread. Wonder if any are on bus routes? Councils seem to like off street parking in these areas.

[racingsnake2]

i heard its about £500 in my area was hoping a bit cheaper i live on a fairly quite estate no busy through roads but its one of those designs of designated parking areas per house for 1 car and everyone has 2 cars at least i have 2 and works van so want to dig front garden up and block pave an area