Dropped kerbs

Before you apply please be aware of the following;

1. If your application is approved the council requires payment of a fee in the sum of £162.21 for an initial survey, Section 184 works license, vehicular crossing standard design specification, administration and final inspection. Please note that this fee is separate and additional to any sum that you agree with your chosen contractor for the cost of constructing the vehicular crossing facility. This fee is listed on the Councils published list of fees and charges under Vehicular Crossings - Consultation and Final Inspection
2. Before the vehicular crossing facility can be constructed you must have a hardstanding (parking area) or driveway on the property which is a minimum size of 5 metres long by 2.5 metres wide required by our colleagues in Planning. The Council has a duty to ensure the safe passage along the highway network and we have to ensure that a vehicle would not overhanging the pavement, causing an obstruction to pedestrians and other users of the highway network.
3. If you need to construct a hardstanding (parking area) or driveway then please check the Find Out If You Need Planning Permission section on the Kirklees website.
4. Before the vehicular crossing facility can be constructed you must have a hardstanding (parking area) with a sealed surface (tarmac, stone or concrete) for example - not grassed or unbound material such as shale or pebbles as they could wash onto the highway network causing a potential obstruction or danger to users.
5. Before the vehicular crossing facility can be constructed your hardstanding (parking area) or driveway must have a way of preventing surface water from flowing onto the pavement and road. This is to comply with Section 163 of the Highways Act 1980.
6. If you are a tenant of Kirklees Homes & Neighbourhoods or live in a former Kirklees Homes and Neighbourhoods property please note that you will need to speak to your local Housing Officer and request their written permission to construct a driveway or hardstanding (parking area) before completing the vehicular crossing application form. You can contact Homes and Neighbourhoods by email Email housing@kirklees.gov.uk or by phone Phone 01484 414886 ask for Homes and Neighbourhoods
7. If the location is within a conservation area or there are listed structures on site then consent may be required. To check if this is the case please contact the Conservation and Design Department on Phone 01484 414909 or by email at Email conservationdesign@kirklees.gov.uk Consent applications can be made online on the Planning portal
8. Any application to construct a vehicular crossing facility to serve a means of access that exits onto a classified road (either an A, B or C road) requires planning permission, prior to any application being submitted to Highways Service. Planning applications can be made online Planning portal
9. If a highway tree is situated within the area where you wish to construct a vehicular crossing facility, you must contact the Forestry team by email Email forestry@kirklees.gov.uk or by phone Phone 01484 221000 to obtain written permission for the tree to be removed. Please note the cost of any works will be the responsibility of the applicant and also The Council's Forestry Team will not support the removal of trees for vehicle drop crossings unless the tree is of limited life expectancy, or a suitable mitigation scheme is agreed. All trees removed will be replaced with suitable specimens and all costs for removal and replacement will be borne by the person applying for the drop crossing, calculated using the Capital Asset Valuation of Amenity Trees (CAVAT) methodology.
10. If a street lamp or sign is situated within the area where you wish to construct a vehicular crossing facility, you must contact the Street Lighting and Signs team by email Email highways.streetlighting@kirklees.gov.uk or by phone Phone 01484 221000 to obtain written permission for the street lamp or sign to be moved. Please note the cost of any works will be the responsibility of the applicant.
11. If utility apparatus or street furniture is situated within the area where you wish to construct a vehicular crossing facility, you must first contact the owner of the apparatus (Virgin Media, BT, Yorkshire Water etc) and ask if the location of their apparatus can be altered or diverted and the applicant shall bear all costs incurred. No work shall start until any necessary works to the apparatus has been agreed with the owner of the apparatus and a copy of their written permission provided.
12. Please note that the construction of a vehicular crossing facility does not give the occupier of the premises any particular rights, except to drive across the footway to gain access to their property with a car or domestic vehicle. The vehicular crossing will continue to form part of the adopted highway network (you will not own the land) and users of the highway network must not be obstructed at anytime in their safe passage along the highway network.