Apply for a dropped kerb - After you apply

It is an offence under S131 of the Highways Act 1980 to start digging up the road unless a permit has been issued.

Site inspection

Once we receive your application, our compliance officer will carry out a site inspection.

Your contractor

If approved, we will contact your chosen contractor for a proposed start date. The permit will be issued prior to this date. 

A permit to carry out work will only be issued to contractors with the relevant street works qualification or equivalent. If they are unable to provide this information you would need to choose an alternative contractor.

If you need to change your contractor after the permit is issued, there is a £43 charge.

If the work does not start on the agreed date

If the work has not been started on the agreed date, you must re-activate your permit and you will be charged to book the road space. The charges are in accordance with our permit scheme, and this is calculated by the length of the works and the road type.

Please contact the relevant office for a cost, if required. 

Email: streetworks.cumberland@cumbria.gov.uk

If the work is not completed satisfactorily

If the access is not completed by the end of the agreed works, or is not suitable for us to adopt, we may execute the works or alter the works and recover the expenses reasonably incurred.

2-year guarantee period

The 2-year guarantee period, for works up to 1.5m depth, starts from the point when we receive the registration of reinstatement, and the reinstatement is deemed satisfactory by the Street Authority. For works over this depth there is a 3-year guarantee period. To ensure that you do not remain indefinitely responsible for the reinstatement please make sure your contractor returns the registration of reinstatement notice.

It is an offence to excavate in or deposit materials on the highway without a permit. If you wish to temporarily deposit materials on the highway, please email the relevant area office for an application form.