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General discussion => The Flame Pit => Topic started by: Severndroog on August 05, 2025, 08:58:30 pm

Title: Re: Dropped kerb query
Post by: mickR on August 17, 2025, 04:49:12 pm
just make sure there isn't one on the opposite side of road so council can't argue it's a pedestrian one.
Title: Re: Dropped kerb query
Post by: Severndroog on August 10, 2025, 10:46:05 pm
Ta muchly.  Friend has got antsy about parking there, even though enforcing would be ridiculous. It will be good to reassure him.
Title: Re: Dropped kerb query
Post by: stamfordman on August 05, 2025, 11:47:18 pm
A dropped footway is only enforceable for vehicular access, pedestrian crossing or cycle track.

If none of these apply then a historic lowered footway cannot be enforced but we do see CEOs still ticketing them and it's tiresome to challenge.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/18/section/86
Title: Dropped kerb query
Post by: Severndroog on August 05, 2025, 08:58:30 pm
As a matter of interest …

There is a dropped kerb nearby that once served the drive of a large house.  Said house has now been demolished and redeveloped, access is now in a different place.  The old dropped kerb still exists but leads nowhere (well, to a brick wall).  Is it still illegal to park across it?