Dropped Kerbs
Dropped Kerb Installers Kent
Vehicle crossovers built to highway specification once your council has approved the application.
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- 20+ Years’ Experience
- Trusted & Friendly Team
- Full Project Management
- Competitive Pricing
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Kerbing Projects Big or Small
A dropped kerb, or vehicle crossover, lets you drive legally across the pavement onto your property. The footway and kerb belong to the highway authority, so its permission is needed before any work starts: in most of Kent that is Kent County Council, with Medway Council covering the Medway towns and the Sussex councils and Bromley handling their own areas. The application is made by the homeowner, and we can help you prepare it.
Once it is approved, we break out the existing kerbs, set dropped and transition kerbs on a concrete bed and rebuild the footway across the crossing with a deeper sub-base and a surface strong enough for a car. The work is on the public highway, so it is signed and guarded throughout, and our SWQR street works registration means it is carried out by qualified operatives.
The same kerbing skills go into private work. Kerbs, edging and channels around new driveways, patios and car parks keep the edges of the paving in place and send surface water where it should go.
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Our Experience with Dropped Kerbs
We are a family run groundworks business based in Staplehurst, and we bring over 20 years of experience to every dropped kerbs job across Kent, East and West Sussex and south-east London.
The same small, friendly team surveys the job, prepares the ground and finishes the surface, so you deal with the people doing the work from the first visit to the final sweep.
We have worked on behalf of Kent County Council and utility companies, our team is registered with the Street Works Qualifications Register, and we are approved under the Trading Standards Buy With Confidence scheme.
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Dropped Kerbs: Recent Work
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The Detail
What’s Included
- Help preparing your highway authority application
- Breaking out the existing kerbs and footway
- Dropped and transition kerbs set on a concrete bed
- Footway rebuilt to take vehicle loads
- Signing and guarding while working on the highway
- Linking the crossover to your new or existing driveway
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What Affects the Price
Every quote is written after a visit, so you know what the price covers before any work is booked.
- 01Width of the crossover and the number of kerbs to lower
- 02The footway surface to rebuild, such as tarmac or paving slabs
- 03Any utility covers or street furniture within the crossing
- 04Work needed on your side of the boundary to meet the new levels
- 05Council application fees, which are set by the council and paid separately
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How the Job Runs
Your Dropped Kerbs Step by Step
Check & Apply
We look at your frontage and explain what the council is likely to consider, such as visibility, street trees, lamp posts and whether there is room to park without overhanging the footway. You submit the application with our help.
Approval & Booking
Once the council approves the crossover and any conditions are clear, we book the work and arrange what is needed to work on the highway.
Building the Crossover
Old kerbs and footway come out, the new kerbs are bedded and haunched in concrete, and the footway is rebuilt and compacted in layers.
Finishing the Drive
The crossover is tied into your driveway at the right levels, the area is cleaned up and the footway is reopened.
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Why Choose Us
Why Customers Choose Us
Domestic driveways or council-standard reinstatement, the same team and the same standards on every job.
20+
Years’ Experience
Over two decades of getting the sub-base, levels and drainage right first time.
Accredited Staff
SWQR registered for highway work and approved under Trading Standards Buy With Confidence.
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Tell us what you have in mind and where the job is. We’ll come back to you to talk it through and arrange a visit to measure up.
- A site visit to measure up and check levels
- A written price before anything is booked
- Street works registered, Trading Standards approved
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dropped Kerbs: Your Questions Answered
Do I need permission for a dropped kerb?
Who applies to the council?
Does my driveway need to drain on my own land?
Can you build the driveway as well?
How long does a dropped kerb take to install?
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