The highways agency is in charge of dropping the kurb and cementing the driveway. Dacorum council is in charge of changing the grass so that the highway agency can cement over it. Our road is a standard residential side road not a main or major road where you find it hard to reverse out of a driveway.

Hi Our road is an unclassified residential road with a primary school at the far end and is also used by a bus. In my opinon it is a local/side road. it is not a main road and is not busy. You can easily reverse out a driveway onto the road as our neighbours do so. They reject us based on our driveway being too short......by 26cm. We sent an appeal letter to our original rejected letter to the council. It has still been rejected. The highways agency has approved us but we just need council approval for the grass. What is our next step and what do i do with a photocopy of the "design manual for estates roads" page relating to "driveways" when i receive one?? Thank you for your time with this matter and helping us out.

Hi Everybody I was wondering if I could get some help and advice. We recently brought a house with no vehicle cross over (driveway) in place. Although the front garden has been block paved in preperation for a driveway. We sent an application to The Highways Agency and someone came round to look at the house. He said that our driveway was 20cm short of the required length but would approve our application to save us going through the appeals process with The Highways Agency. Our next step was to apply to our local council as there is a section of grass that the council need to prepare and tarmac over ready for The Highways Agency to tarmac the pathways and drop the kerb stones. Our Council denied our application. Can someone please advise me what is the next best course of action. I wish to appeal this decision but dont know who to appeal to and what to include in my letter. Our front garden has more than enough room to accommodate the length of our cars. And the parking on our road is ridiculous. Looking forward to hearing your replies.