Lowering a kerb/creating a drive on a main road?

[FortyFacedFuckers]

Does anyone know how I would go about this? Is it is easy to get done?
It is on the main road in the village and in Scotland if that makes any difference.

In England, this needs planning permission. It is not your kerb! Get in touch with whoever decides planning applications for your area and speak to them. I would imagine you need to get plans drawn up, width of drive, finish of drive and you may need to submit these to building control too to ensure they meet current regulations for construction and drainage. Your local authority should have details on their web site and they should also liaise with the highway authority to ensure the proposals are safe.

Yes I thought I would need permission but was unsure who from.

Thank you this is purely hypothetical as it is for a property I am interested In buying but I would not want to move ahead with buying without knowing if I could create parking.

You may be able to, but it could be refused. Run off water and safety will be a consideration.

If it's a main road you may need to make the drive big enough to have a turning area so that you can drive on/off rather than reversing on/off

I have just spplied to entexd our dropped kerb (am in England) I went onto our local councils website and searched drop kerb application and have done it all online. Should hear back in the next 2-3 weeks if permission has been granted. We paid £70 for the application fee. Then I think there is a fee of approx £200 for survey and then we had a quote for approx £200 per kerb removal from the contractor who would do the work so it's not especially cheap.

Thank you all very helpful

Have the previous owners ever applied and been refused?

If no issues there , could they apply before the house sale? At least it could be marketed with Planning Permission in Place?

I have a feeling ours would have been more near 1000 grand to get done

I've just paid to have this done... £200 for the application and £850 to drop the kerb.