A dropped kerb is essential if you want to drive onto your property from the road. Without one, it is illegal to cross the pavement with a vehicle, and you risk fines or enforcement action.
At Homz, we manage the entire dropped kerb process — from feasibility and planning advice to drawings, applications, and approvals — ensuring a smooth, compliant, and stress-free experience.
A dropped kerb (also known as a vehicle crossover) is a lowered section of pavement that allows vehicles to safely access a driveway from the road.
It involves structural works to the pavement and must be approved by your local council before installation.
In most cases, you will need approval from your local Highways Authority. Planning permission may also be required, depending on your property and location.
You may need planning permission if:
Even where planning permission is not required, you must still obtain council approval before any works begin.
Councils assess dropped kerb applications based on safety, accessibility, and practicality. Typical requirements include:
Every council has slightly different criteria — this is where expert guidance is critical. Our Town Planners are here to provide you Pre-Planning Advice on whether you need to apply for planning permission and the likelihood of success of your application. Feel free to Contact Us with your enquiries, and our expert team will get in touch with a FREE No Obligation Chat regarding your application.
Share your ideas, clarify pre-planning application questions, learn about the planning progress of your project.
Every client would like to know if their application would be successful with permission before spending their budget on planning the application. Our chartered planners will review your project, examine the relevant planning policies, and analyse the relevant planning history to provide you a Pre-Planning Guidance. You can easily book your call with one of our chartered planners in the same day! Following your call, your planner will conduct the Planning Appraisal Report which will include all the answers in only 2 working days.
Making a planning application might be risky, and it becomes riskier the less you’re prepared for it. Preparing a comprehensive application that includes relevant forms on the planning portal, supporting documents, and plans, ensuring compliance with local authority guidelines. Our expert architects and town planners will provide you with Driveway and Dropped Kerb plans and supporting statements with correct technical information, which are prerequisites to getting full planning permission done.
While each application presents unique challenges, with careful planning, research, and professional guidance, property owners can get the most profit from their project. Our Planning Officers at Homz have full knowledge of the ever-changing planning policies that any project will be subject to. So, their help could be indispensable — especially if your project is in a designated area of which carries restrictions on building work, such as a Conservation Area, Article 4 Direction or AONB.
We provide a complete, end-to-end service tailored to your property and local authority requirements. We ensure your proposal is policy-compliant, practical, and optimised for approval.
The planning application process can take around 3 months from start to end with your local planning authority but in some cases, it takes about 6-8 months based on the complexity of the proposed project.
We know the planning applications do not need to take forever to submit! Our streamlined workflow empowers us to deliver swift and reliable service with confidence. If you want to learn more about our bespoke and innovative approach, then check out Our Process page and here we prepared a video about our unique process.
We’re working all over the UK with local planning consultants. With over 3500 projects submitted throughout the UK; Homz are a nationwide planning and design consultancy.
