Need to modify footpath / kerb for access

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My driveway is quite tight and on street parking is limited so I am looking at removing my gates, moving the pillar back at least 4 foot and having the driveway paved to allow 2 cars to park and enter/exit without disturbing the other person. The only issue I can see is with the kerbstone / footpath outside the driveway which ideally would be "dished" or flattened for a length of 2 or 3 feet to allow easier access as the road is narrow. This would allow an easy swing into the driveway. Do I need to apply to Dublin City Council to have this done? Do they do the work to their own spec and then bill me or do I simply get planning permission to have the work done by a contractor?
 
There are previous threads on this subject here is you use the search facility. You won't need to apply for permission for the Council's portion of the work.

You will however need permission to widen your gateway, if other neighbours have carried out this work previously your chances of gaining approval are greater.
Leo
 
Leo said:
You will however need permission to widen your gateway, if other neighbours have carried out this work previously your chances of gaining approval are greater.
Leo
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Hi,
None of the gardens in the estate had any walls when built about 35 years ago, they all simply had a steel bar with 1 foot high concrete post at either end! Nowadays everyone has a wall seperating the neighbours gardens and a wall at the front with gates. My guess is that not many people would have planning permissions for the walls in the first place and I have not heard about it being an issue around the estate. I have never heard of there being a specification for pillar to pillar driveway width for our houses. The vast majority of driveways on the road are widened and paved to take 2-3 cars. I could take a chance and go ahead with widening the driveway without PP on the off chance that they won't look for it when doing the kerb dishing given the history of the area.
 
bobo said:
I could take a chance and go ahead with widening the driveway without PP on the off chance that they won't look for it when doing the kerb dishing given the history of the area.
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You do realise that if they look for PP and you don't have it, you will have to apply for retention? If that fails, you will have to reinstate everything the way it was at your expense.

See [broken link removed] example where retention was refused to a similar development.

First reason for refusal was that the development "would be contrary to standards of the Dublin City Development Plan, 1999, in relation to the width of driveways permitted, which limits the vehicular entrance to a maximum of 3.6metres."

Second reason was that it would create a precedent.
Leo
 
If you do the dishing yourself (you or a contractor working for you), then you have public liability if anyone is ever injured on it e.g. the milkman falls. In Dun Laoghaire, the council can do the dishing for an appropriate fee.
 
bobo said:
I could take a chance and go ahead with widening the driveway without PP on the off chance that they won't look for it when doing the kerb dishing given the history of the area.
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I was told by Dublin City Council that they won't even give you a time for coming out to do the dishing until you show them full PP for the driveway. The fee is around €350 and certainly in the DCC area they are the only people allowed to dish a pavement.
 
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