Moving lampost cost and planning

[Mbond65]

We have a lampost smack bang in the middle of our drive, we want to get the lampost moved and a dropped kerb put in.

Trying to get an idea of cost before putting an application, has anyone had to get this done before and if so what did it cost you?

Lampost needs moving atleast 3-4 meters and we need the same length of dropped kerb put in.

Council just ignore all of my emails, I only want a rough idea of cost before submitting an application but no replies.
Thanks
Michael

 

[Notch7]

I wouldve thought it best to speak to a licenced contractor who can do crossover / dropped kerbs -they used to cost about £1k but thats quite a few years ago


this article gives an indicative cost of moving a street lamp 3 to 4 metres at £5,500 to £6,500

Street Light Relocations | Essex County Council

If you wish to relocate a street light, perhaps in relation to vehicle crossing application you will need to apply and pay a fee.

www.essexhighways.org

 

[Old Salt]

Highways agency or county councils for roads I think.

 

[HERTS P&D]

My neighbour had the lamp post moved and the kerb dropped 5 years ago and it cost £3.5k.

Andy

 

[Exedon]

I had a lamp post moved plus extra wide drop kerb entrance done by local council (Notts CC) 6 years ago £4800 .
Could have used one of council's approved contractors had quotes from 3 of them all more money.

 

[noseall]

We have a lampost smack bang in the middle of our drive, we want to get the lampost moved and a dropped kerb put in.

Trying to get an idea of cost before putting an application, has anyone had to get this done before and if so what did it cost you?

Lampost needs moving atleast 3-4 meters and we need the same length of dropped kerb put in.

Council just ignore all of my emails, I only want a rough idea of cost before submitting an application but no replies.
Thanks
Michael

As said, it's a Highways issue.

 

[blup]

Council just ignore all of my emails,

Not all Councils have highway functions, its the county council if you have one, otherwise you will probably have a single council for all services.

Blup

 

[Mottie]

At 17, I had a very bad car accident that ended up with two doors and the B pillar being ripped off the car and me coming out of the screen and ending up on the bonnet when I hit a lamppost also in the middle of what eventually turned into someone’s drive. When my dad went round to make good the damage I had caused to someone’s front wall, the bloke who had the lamppost removed was just pleased that I was okay and said he'd been trying to get the lamppost moved for years and the council wasn’t having any of it!

 

[cdbe]

My dad once hooked his block and tackle to a lamppost to try and pull a tree out in the garden. I'm sure you can imagine - he was stood there pulling that chain like crazy but the tree wasn't moving, he looked behind and the post was at nearly 45°.

 

[blup]

I reversed into a lamp post on my first driving lesson, also managed to run over a stoat which ran out in front of the car, I braked and missed it, but then having safely reached the other side of the road it decided to turn back and went under the wheels. Funny what you remember.

Blup

 

[GoodDIYjob]

I have a driveway and dropped kerb already and so does the neighbour. Our driveways are side by side without any gap. Built with driveways in the 1930s. Then there is a streetlamp planted bang in the middle of the two drives inline with the side boundary between the two properties. A real pain. People reverse into it when turning on the road, visitors to neighbours hit it, we have to watch out for it very closely especially at night or in rain when it can be difficult to spot it when in your blind spot (when reversing). If we have a large delivery van or when we had skip delivered - it is in the way and makes access a chore sometimes.

However, despite the council having replaced it about 3 times over the last 10 years, when ever I go near anyone asking how much it would cost to move it, there is a deep intake of breath... and then, I give up on the idea for another couple of years...

Having said that, our local council does have a section on their website for the dropped kerb application, I think after you pay for a application, they will get contractors to estimate the cost and give you one or more quote. Have you checked the self service areas of you local or county council website?

Edit: Actually just looking it is definitely the county council with highways responsibility for us as well (as other posters mentioned). I.e. Surrey CC.

 

[John Smith Esq.]

If my neighbour were to apply to move a lamppost for their widened driveway entrance and drop kerb, can the council then move it in front of my property without consultation? I wonder because I have a walled area next to their driveway entrance but the lamppost being moved in front of me would then cause me cost and inconvenience if I want to widen my driveway in future.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I suspect it's a case of first come first served. In anycase you should check your highways criteria for new driveways, for example down this way some authorities will restrict the overall width of new driveways (ie for two adjacent properties) and will also restrict the gap you can have between new driveways so you might find after he's done his driveway you're highways department will say no to yours anyway. IME there is little to no negotiation with highway new driveways, it either complies or it doesn't, the officers dealing with such applications have no scope to bend the rules.

 

[robinbanks]

had a very bad car accident that ended up with two doors and the B pillar being ripped off the car and me coming out of the screen and ending up on the bonnet when I hit a lamppost also in the middle of what eventually turned into someone’s drive

Streets, what were you driving to have accelerated to such a speed in the length of a driveway?!

 

[Mottie]

Streets, what were you driving to have accelerated to such a speed in the length of a driveway?!

Apologies, it was a tree, not a lamppost!

When I was 17, 43 years ago, I took a bend too fast in my Austin 1100. Came off the road, clipped a tree and ripped the two nearside doors complete with door pillar off and demolished a low brick wall outside someone’s house. Bounced off that and went into a massive tree, came to a dead stop, went through the screen and landed on the bonnet. Facial and back lacerations. My girlfriend at the time was sitting in the rear nearside seat and the impact threw her into the rear footwell and she smashed her kneecap on the handbrake lever. Her brother was sitting in the front and broke his arms bracing himself on the dash. No licence, no insurance, no 'L' plates and no full driver in the car. Happy days!

Well it was nearly 50 years ago now!