We've just been made aware that our drive might not have planning permission & the very low kerb we drive over every day isn't an official council-approved dropped kerb. We've owned the house for 2.5 years now & the neighbours have only just mentioned this after we objected to their son parking right across our drive! The neighbour said that the previous owner did the drive himself at about the same time as they got divorced so that's probably why things haven't been done properly.
DH has just looked through all our paperwork & found a letter from our solicitor querying whether there was proper consent, among other similar questions & the response details the planning permission for other things (lean-to & loft conversion) but no mention of the drive/kerb.
Just out of curiosity, who would be considered 'at fault' for this not being highlighted? I suspect that it would be cheaper & easier to apply for retrospective (is that the right word?) permission & get a proper dropped kerb put in than to try & make it someone else's issue now!
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Dropped kerb/drive planning permission - who was 'at fault'?
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Jojobump1986 · 05/05/2013 22:22
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