Should you be notified of work on footpath touching your house?

[SwayingInTime]

Just that really.

My house side is immediately on a footpath and it's being pulled up and tarmac'd as I speak.

I can't see what could go wrong but equally don't trust the council to worry about me.

I also suppose it's no different to work on a pavement where the houses are right on it (common with local Victorian houses).

I hope they finish before neighbours get home or they will be trapped outside!

if it's a public footpath, then they should put up notices.

Probably, but this has happened to us several times and we never get notified, even when they dig up the path that cuts across our driveway!

It's going to look terrible but hopefully not cause any damage. Baffled that they don't seem to have warned the neighbours with no access though.

Will go and check lampposts...

Sometimes they do with us, often they don’t. Highways are a law onto themselves 🤣

If they are in the process of doing it though I would just let them get on with it. Otherwise it will be half done and god knows if they will ever be back.

We were notified before the pavement outside our house was resurfaced and we were asked not to drive over the newly laid surface for 24 hours, and not to walk on it for 3.

I have made them cups of tea!

You are very nice to give them cups of tea! I know what you mean about the tarmac being laid right up to your house being a bit concerning.

I used to work with the council’s Highway department, and we’d send out letters about roadworks a week before to affected houses/ businesses, which I would expect as standard. If the works to be done by a utility company (gas, electric , water, phone and broadband), the utility companies were supposed to send out letters, but didn’t always. Is it definitely the council (resurfacing the pavement) or a utility company?

It's a housing association they think but I am now confused as to how they're not sure who employs them 🤔

It's about 50% owned in the street

That’s a bit worrying! But if it’s a Housing Association estate, the roads and footpaths could be the responsibility of the Housing Association not the council highways department. Hopefully they’ve finished for the day and left everything looking ok.

I had BT replacing Telegraph poles outside my house this week. They blocked the driveway, refused to move when my shopping delivery came, so Tesco refused to deliver and buggered up the internet for the entire street. Apparently we didn’t get notice as they don’t need to give it, only for businesses 🤷‍♀️

I agree about notices.

No doubt 'essential' work being done to spend the budget before 31st March.