Dropped Kerb/Gateposts

[susanxx]

What, if any, are the rules regarding having a dropped kerb outside your home that is only two gates width, but due to the angle and position of the drive, there are four gates. This means that two gates and the respective post are beyond the dropped kerb. I am having constant issues with pig ignorant parkers who park leaving only two gates width to get into my driveway.

[davebro]

It's planning matter - you need to go to the council planners to get permission.

[THECORBYLOON]

Why were the kerbs not dropped for all four gates?

[gingejbee]

^permission for what? OP already has them, doesn't she?

[ToraToraTora]

Can you post a picture so we can see what you mean...
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[davebro]

//permission for what? OP already has them, doesn't she?//

My understanding is that the OP wants to extend the width of dropped kerb in the hope that people won't park blocking gates that currently don't have a dropped kerb. I may be wrong.

[New Judge]

My LA will not construct a new dropped kerb and crossover more than 3.8m in width.

[THECORBYLOON]

Rule 243 of The Highway Code states,

"DO NOT stop or park:
...
in front of an entrance to a property
..."

The fact that "DO", rather than "MUST" is used, means it is not a legal requirement to obey that Rule.

Although awkward to use the entrance, if folk are not parking in front of the dropped kerbs, they are following The Highway Code.

[gingejbee]

dave @09.39...no, you may well be right (that's not what I understood from the post). Trouble is, the OP didn't clearly state what her intention was.

[Smowball]

Not understanding it completely (doesn’t take much!) are they blocking gates where they are parking?? (Irrespective of the kerb)

[gingejbee]

^I suspect (only guessing) that cars are not actually parking in front of the gates - but not far enough "back" from the "drops" to enable easy entry/exit...given that cars can't actually do a right-angle turn like a human can.

[bhg481]

I read it that the gates are far wider than the dropped kerb and people are parking outside the drop but still within the width of the gates. The poster thinks that people should leave the full width of the gates clear where they are only leaving the drop clear.

[Atheist]

Davebro has got it right. Speak to the Local Planning Authority to see if you need planning permission, and whether or not you will need to pay for the necessary works to the public realm.

[THECORBYLOON]

Perhaps the "pig ignorant parkers" assume the owners made sure the dropped kerbs were the appropriate width to begin with?

[susanxx]

It would appear that my question is not clear enough as to what my intentions are. I was simply asking the legalities of parking across gate posts which do not align with the gate posts. With regards to "assuming the owners made sure the dropped kerbs where the appropriate width to begin with" from thecorbyloon, I purchased the property as it is and I am fully aware that to put a dropped kerb outside my property I need to apply for planning permission from the local city council and I am not going to the expense of doing that. Many thanks for the positive responses and as for the rest.....

[douglas9401]

I'd put any work on hold for a while, buy an old Landrover with uprated front and rear protection and conduct experimental exit and entrance moves at different times of day, just to see if there's the danger of contact between vehicles.
Modern ones are notoriously flimsy and you may have to clear away pieces of plastic from the front of your property.

Wear gloves when lifting debris and park your valuable vehicle elsewhere when experiments are over for the day.

[THECORBYLOON]

You don't want to spend money on more dropped kerbs and from what you've said, The Highway Code isn't being broken.

That might not be positive from your perspective but I think you'll need to practise getting in and out a wee bit more.

[davebro]

Get some road paint & paint a white line where you don't want people to park. And put a sign up "24 hour access needed".

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see it that works

[davebro]

if