Hi everyone
I live in Newham, London and I wish to request the local council special dispensation for a dropped kerb, as they currently 'do not allow dropped kerbs for to be built for individual residential properties in Newham'
They go on to provide the following reasons:
We do not allow dropped kerbs to be built because:
The refusal to allow dropped kerbs is very distressing for me & my disabled mother.
One of the most irksome issues I have is that the nearby properties that DO have dropped kerbs all all of them have 2 or more vehicles, one of which stays on the drive (as the area recently through a residential permit consultation) and the other goes on the road, using a space - frustrating, but reasonable, the main issue then becomes apparent after 5pm weekdays & Saturday (when I mostly arrive back home) is that they then take out their vehicles & use double the space they would.
This in turn leaves even less space for what is already a nightmare area for parking.
I almost always arrive back after 7pm & I am almost never able to get parking on my road, the other issue is that as parking spaces on the road are short supply, many many times I am having to drop my Mum off in the evening on the roadside for me then to find parking elsewhere, whilst she waits for me to return.
She & I are both reluctant to open the door whilst she is on her own as our area isn't the safest by any means & I do not wish to invite trouble or the possibility of someone either attacking my Mum whilst she is opening the door or having to wait standing around (usually cold if not wet too) whilst I arrive back. - I don't even want to start getting into the issues I have with shopping / unloading!
The entire situation is getting very tiriing & I am wondering if there's anyone who has any ideas or suggestions in how I would be able to obtain special dispensation for applying for a dropped kerb.
Apologies for the essay but I wished to leave you with all relevant info I could think of.
Thanks everyone
I live in Newham, London and I wish to request the local council special dispensation for a dropped kerb, as they currently 'do not allow dropped kerbs for to be built for individual residential properties in Newham'
They go on to provide the following reasons:
We do not allow dropped kerbs to be built because:
- removing gardens to create parking spaces is bad for the appearance of the street
- they can cause problems for pedestrians
- if the garden is small some vehicles may be partly parked on the pavement
- they reduce the amount of street parking.
The refusal to allow dropped kerbs is very distressing for me & my disabled mother.
One of the most irksome issues I have is that the nearby properties that DO have dropped kerbs all all of them have 2 or more vehicles, one of which stays on the drive (as the area recently through a residential permit consultation) and the other goes on the road, using a space - frustrating, but reasonable, the main issue then becomes apparent after 5pm weekdays & Saturday (when I mostly arrive back home) is that they then take out their vehicles & use double the space they would.
This in turn leaves even less space for what is already a nightmare area for parking.
I almost always arrive back after 7pm & I am almost never able to get parking on my road, the other issue is that as parking spaces on the road are short supply, many many times I am having to drop my Mum off in the evening on the roadside for me then to find parking elsewhere, whilst she waits for me to return.
She & I are both reluctant to open the door whilst she is on her own as our area isn't the safest by any means & I do not wish to invite trouble or the possibility of someone either attacking my Mum whilst she is opening the door or having to wait standing around (usually cold if not wet too) whilst I arrive back. - I don't even want to start getting into the issues I have with shopping / unloading!
The entire situation is getting very tiriing & I am wondering if there's anyone who has any ideas or suggestions in how I would be able to obtain special dispensation for applying for a dropped kerb.
Apologies for the essay but I wished to leave you with all relevant info I could think of.
Thanks everyone