Council's Mad Decision?

[securespark]

I personally think it should be law that vehicles are reversed in and come out forwards.

 

[noseall]

But when a precedent has been set by others on the estate doing it, you look a real tw@t insisting on the guy demolishing his

Whilst precedent can have an influence it should never be relied upon as a given.
One neighbour bizarrely can be refused, and those next door can have their similar proposals approved.

 

[motorbiking]

I personally think it should be law that vehicles are reversed in and come out forwards.

Even if your drive is 100m?

 

[Stivino]

I personally think it should be law that vehicles are reversed in and come out forwards.

Even if reversing in means you can't open the driver's door because there is a wall in the way?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I personally think it should be law that vehicles are reversed in and come out forwards.

That would not work for me - I park in my garage, nose first so I can park with the nose tight to the left wall, so I can open the driver's door fully, to get out, and access things along the right-hand wall, when the car is parked. I don't have the width on my drive to spin around, so it's a matter of reversing out onto the road. In supermarket and etc. car parks, I'm one of the few, who reverses into the spaces.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

What can you expect from a council! They can’t think, have no common sense and waste our money.

 

[denso13]

What a load of jobsworths....

I wonder if he'd actually got the dropped kerb in, within time?

Here we paid £300 many decades ago, for a dropped kerb, with a short drive just to the front of the house. We didn't really need it dropped, the kerbs, are only a couple of inches above the road. Since when, with no permission sought, I extended the drive all the way back, past the side of the house, built a big garage, then a workshop on the back, summerhouse. No complaints, no problems. Many others in the street, have simply built their drives, and hard standing in the fronts, without bothering with permission, none have bothered with an official dropped kerb.

A lot don't and being pretty straightforward no one needs to bother.

The one in the OP is an eyesore and could be dangerous with retaining walls and no handrails for protection on top.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

A lot don't and being pretty straightforward no one needs to bother.

The one in the OP is an eyesore and could be dangerous with retaining walls and no handrails for protection on top.

You know it’s not finished…..

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

A lot don't and being pretty straightforward no one needs to bother.

Highly illegal!

The one in the OP is an eyesore and could be dangerous with retaining walls and no handrails for protection on top.

Nonsense, it is not yet completed. Judge on completion.

 

[denso13]

Judge on completion.

And if it still looks an eyesore or is dangerous? People will just ask why the council didn't step in earlier, probably because they are to lazy and inefficient they'll claim..

Highly illegal!

That depends.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

That depends.

No it does not depend - it is illegal to drive a motor vehicle on or off a public footpath. No exceptions, apart from for access, and if there is an official dropped kerb for the purpose. A dropped kerb, permits a driver to then drive over the footpath, but not park there.

 

[denso13]

No it does not depend

Of course it depends. If depends if you have a drop kerb, the example in the OP did have one, in place and what the make up of the driveway is. You did mention drives in your post I quoted, it wasn't restricted to drop kerbs.

The planning system is there for a reason, ignore it then don't complain about the consequences.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Of course it depends. If depends if you have a drop kerb, the example in the OP did have one, in place and what the make up of the driveway is. You did mention drives in your post I quoted, it wasn't restricted to drop kerbs.

The planning system is there for a reason, ignore it then don't complain about the consequences.

Yet more of your nonsense - under discussion was, driving over the pavement or footpath, where there is no official dropped kerb for the purpose.

 

[denso13]

C'mon Harry,

Yet more of your nonsense - under discussion was, driving over the pavement or footpath, where there is no official dropped kerb for the purpose.

Here we paid £300 many decades ago, for a dropped kerb, with a short drive just to the front of the house. We didn't really need it dropped, the kerbs, are only a couple of inches above the road. Since when, with no permission sought, I extended the drive all the way back, past the side of the house, built a big garage, then a workshop on the back, summerhouse. No complaints, no problems. Many others in the street, have simply built their drives, and hard standing in the fronts, without bothering with permission, none have bothered with an official dropped kerb.

That is the post I quoted, the no complaints, no nonsense bit.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

C'mon Harry,

Back on ignore you go, as a time waster!