Strange situation. I have a maisonette and applied for a dropped kerb and was told I need to obtain planning permission first then apply to the Vehicle Crossings Dept at Enfield Borough Council. So I applied to the Planning Dept but was refused on the grounds that there's a resident permit holder box painted on the road.
Anyway, talking to the Vehicle Crossing Dept they said (and it's confirmed on the Council's own website) that as the driveway was built over 4 years ago and i can evidence it's been used as such, that I don't need planning permission even if it was technically illegal as there wasn't a dropped kerb there already (that's not what they said the first time I spoke to them!!).
So question is, if i just go ahead and apply to the Vehicle Crossing Team as a brand new application would it create a problem that I'd been refused planning permission even though I qualify for not requiring planning permission in the first place ? (note the Vehicle Crossing Team confirmed by email that removing the Permit Holder Box is not problem. My neighbour had it done recently too)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Anyway, talking to the Vehicle Crossing Dept they said (and it's confirmed on the Council's own website) that as the driveway was built over 4 years ago and i can evidence it's been used as such, that I don't need planning permission even if it was technically illegal as there wasn't a dropped kerb there already (that's not what they said the first time I spoke to them!!).
So question is, if i just go ahead and apply to the Vehicle Crossing Team as a brand new application would it create a problem that I'd been refused planning permission even though I qualify for not requiring planning permission in the first place ? (note the Vehicle Crossing Team confirmed by email that removing the Permit Holder Box is not problem. My neighbour had it done recently too)
Thanks in advance for any suggestions