Dropped kerb - vehicular access

Please ensure you read this information with Highways advice, who will need to give separate consent for any works.

What is a dropped kerb?   

A dropped kerb allows vehicles to cross the pavement or footway to and from a driveway.

A standard width crossing is 2.75m at the property boundary and 4.5m at the kerb edge.

Your front garden will need to be a minimum of 4.0 metres deep at its shortest point by 2.4 metres wide, and set out at 90 degrees to the carriageway. 

Further guidance

Hard surfacing in the front garden

Further guidance on hard surfacing of front gardens from the Planning Portal.

Planning

We are unable to give informal advice by telephone, please refer to our planning webpages for guidance.

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PO Box 7097
Coventry
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