Unless it is on a private road (e.g. non adopted).
If the road isn't adopted - it tends to be a free-for-all, that is, until someone does something one of the old timers doesn't like.
It looks like CAT5 but it's actually CAble TV. It's changed hands so many times that they stopped putting branded covers on but there's still a lot of Nynex, NTL, Virgin Media branded ones too. Open one up and you'll find shotgun coaxial cables and green duct
CATV covers are certainly used on Virgin fibre optic chambers.
Personally, whoever does the kerb and tarmac work should just incorporate setting this lids into it. I can't envisage a world where this would ever become a real world practical issue.
I would do a utility search and see what else is under there.
It will cost you about £450. It will tell you who owns it and you can then contact them directly about it with a proper map of what you are talking about.
As you have an existing utility there, you are going to need a search before commencing any works any way, because no one is going to touch it until you have checked for others (except cowboys).
The cowboy I nearly hired was really evasive whenever I mentioned the legal side of things
Me "So you do all the legal bits"
Them "Dont worry it"
Thats suspiciously not a yes....
He wanted to start monday, and this was thursday, got me more than a little bit worried too, then the price dropped from £15k to £10k
BT only use one lid type as far as I'm aware and they don't care if they are in a drive entrance or not. At least our regional inspectors. If it is a chamber in a private road or highway they do indeed spec them up to a D400 or equivalent
Long and short of it, unfortunately no. The height of the pavement as it currently is will be reduced so this will change the dimensions of the chamber.
Ah right that makes sense. Alternatively was thinking of removing the flower bed to increase the width and then only drop 3 kerbs from the flower bed wall side to avoid the chamber
I'm going to guess the council have got in touch with regards to you already parking on there ? we have the same thing on the pavement outside our house, wasn't an issue with the dropped kerb, they just charged a little extra to lower those access points. ( and our area was much thinner than yours, they probably wont need to "drop" the whole section up to the covers, just the area nearest the pavement)
They haven’t yet, what council was yours? Hoping they do the same for me like they did with yours. Yeah don’t see why they should drop the whole section when its only a part they should drop
The driveway next door looks like it reaches the same height as your side by the time it reaches that CATV access point anyway. So surely you’ve got nothing g to worry about if you do the same?
There seems to be two parts to the process of a dropped curb. Planning permission & getting the curb actually dropped. In my case I applied for a dropped curb paid for it and the council dropped the curb. The council then decided I didn’t have permission and raised it again. Fortunately I didn’t have pay for it to be raised. After that I gave up the idea. It’s too much hassle. OPs curb doesn’t look high. My curb was F high but I just drove up it. They could do nothing about it. It was an absurdity.
I have a dropped kerb on my car port but it doesn't stop people from parking and blocking me in. Annoyingly. So it's not a guarantee if that's the sole reason you're getting it.
Depends on your police, I had them out a few times because I was blocked in, they’d spend about 20mins trying to find the person and then ticket and arrange a tow.
Because technically you can get fined for doing that. If you don't have a dropped kerb, you're not allowed to just drive over the pavement to park your car. Sounds stupid but i've actually gotten a fine for parking outside my house without a dropped kerb. Apparently it causes damage to the pavement, it's dangerous for pedestrians and the actual dropped kerb is there to strengthen the road for you to be able to drive over it. It's all just a scam to charge you a few grand and make you wait 1-2 years for someone to come and do the job within a day.
I would be applauding the people near me who want to park on their drive instead of blocking the priority system for 500 yards like they do now! Should be made cheap and easy
It's illegal to drive on the pavement, without a dropped curb you could be done for it.
Also nothing to stop anyone parking along OPs driveway, without a dropped curb it's a fair parking space.
Repeated hits driving up the curb wont be doing the car any favours either.
The council will get a quote from the provider for resolving the problem. It is possible that BT might just refuse if they can’t resolve it. The access chamber will have to be moved/rebuilt and that will not be cheap. It also depends on what is under that cover. Some major cables will costs tens of thousands to move.
You could put in a dropped kern and then a slightly steeper slope to the cover in the middle. The slope from the dropped kerb doesn’t need to slope all the way to your actual parking spot.
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