About dropped kerbs
A dropped kerb (or vehicle crossing) allows you to drive a vehicle over a public pavement. This is so you can access a private driveway or parking area without causing any damage.
You must get our permission before you get a contractor to install or extend a dropped kerb.
We need to make sure it will not:
- introduce any risks to other road users
- damage any part of the road or pavement.
When you have a dropped kerb installed, it’s still part of the public highway that we maintain. The dropped kerb does not become part of your land.
Outside your property
There may be reasons why you cannot install or extend a dropped kerb.
When you apply, we’ll check things outside of your property, like trees, streetlights and utilities.
If there is a tree outside of your property we'll need to find out the root protection area. This is to make sure it does not fall where you plan to install or extend a dropped kerb.