Parking area joining "road"

[Jawloms]

Morning all,

 

Thought I'd ask on here as I am not having a lot of luck Googling, and someone always knows!

 

Attached is a picture of the back of my house. I want to tarmac/concrete a bit of my back garden so I can park a car on it. It will meet the road in the red circle. As you can see, it's a dirt track, but it has a road name so presumably is a proper road? I'm sure there are rules about connecting to it. Does anyone know where I begin please?

 

Thank you

 

Stuart

 

[Boredguy]

Have you asked your local council planning office?

[Jawloms]

I haven't asked anyone as I didn't know where to start! I'll give them a call.........

[jmak]

You probably need to start with your local planning department.

 

Looks like you only need to continue the level of the road which is more straightforward than than normal request which is for a dropped kerb across a public footpath.

 

The biggest potential with that situation is services running under the footpath which may need to be moved deeper. Looking at your picture it'd be amazing if there were services, but worth a check.

 

You need to be certain about where you're property ends - usually there is a boundary (like a footpath), but a search of land registry should confirm that, if you don't already have the information.

 

Final bit would be drainage; you're not allowed to put anything in which will drain onto the highway or footpath. You can either use a permeable surface or create drainage on your land.

 

Edit: my guess is that the boundary is where that concrete post is between you and your neighbour. It matches with another post and the hedge line a couple of doors down. On the other hand, another if you're neighbours had already done what you're proposing, which sets a precedent.

 

Other thing to bear in mind; my local planning office is currently not accepting informal enquiries, due to limited capacity during pandemic times. Very irritating when your question is a simple request for what their policy is (mine is about permitted development in a conservation area).

Edited June 4, 2021 by jmak

[Boredguy]

On a normal road, you would need permission to put in a drop kerb, but with it being a dirt/gravel it might not be much more than adding some concrete edging strip but hopefully they know the answer

[akidosaint]

Spoke with Mrs Akidosaint (property services officer in local gov) couple of considerations do you know if road is adopted by local council? If it's adopted you may need to speak with local highways department

 

If unadopted causes other headaches as would need to find ownership again land registry.

 

Speak to your local planning team they should have a list of services that goes through area.

[Jawloms]

Thanks all. I've pinged an email off to the local planning office.

[glen_j]

I've had something similar in the past. Was a concrete road as there was no kerb or changes Highways said was fine to do as no change to kerb line. With regards to hardstanding / driveway as long as it is permeable and not solid concrete or drains into a soakaway it won't need planning permission.

[sippo]

Looking at neighbours, you need to find out where the land boundary is. Others have put garages out, so you may find the land is yours upto the road, so no planning should be required.

[akidosaint]

Another thing you may need to check is your covenants what you can and can't do on the land