Farm Yard Entrance

[wilber]

Our farm yard entrance is just an old stone entrance.It get's pretty shitty and we have thought to dig it up and concrete it.

Now I was speaking to someone in the construction industry and they told me i wouldnt be allowed to concrete up to the council tarmac. I would have to put some tarmac in then i could concrete to that edge? Sounds a load of waffle to me but i dont doubt any bloody council and highway rules these days!

Anyone know what the rules are if there are any? @RWG Contracts maybe?

 

[Hilly]

Just do what you want stuff the council they are dick heads.

 

[upnortheast]

Highways will want an entrance done to an approved design by a company with a ticket to work on the roadside.
Depends how busy your road is whether they will notice it !

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

I wouldn't bother asking highways , just do it & plead ignorance later .

 

[Kevtherev]

Just do it

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

Just do it

You missed a word out Kev .

 

[Hesston4860s]

Where I'm building my yard is off an unclassified road, but the woman over the road hates me and reports me for everything. Anyway when I put my new entrance in she reported me to highways, they came and had a look but wasn't really bothered what I did so long as I didn't dig the road up.

 

[Turra farmer]

If your entrance doesn't discharge water onto the road they won't worry ,

 

[rob1]

Where I'm building my yard is off an unclassified road, but the woman over the road hates me and reports me for everything. Anyway when I put my new entrance in she reported me to highways, they came and had a look but wasn't really bothered what I did so long as I didn't dig the road up.

use her to bulk up the foundations

 

[Pan mixer]

I asked highways what should I do about my yard entrance, they said just do it - not on a piece of paper though, I put a road cone or two at each end, banged in some small rebar and threaded that orange warning fence stuff (a bit like tensar but with bigger holes.

I did the edge 2 feet on a Sunday, wore a hi-viz jacket, the rest was simple but left the orange fence up for a month whilst I was doing it.

No-one said anything, it is a busy B road and the gateway is now 40 feet wide at the tarmac edge.

Now I have another to do........

 

[early riser]

JFDI

 

[wilber]

Well a conclusive answer there, i know what we'll do

 

[Steevo]

Been through this before - had to get planning, then a special streetworks contractor in to lay 3 or 4 kerbstones! From then one I could do the rest.

However...going through this process at the moment, but in terms of making a new entrance onto road. Much wider grass verge and ditch to worry about. Paperwork volume, professional fees, and timescale is just like you wouldn't believe.

I'd avoid that like the plague if you can. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission!!

 

[BAC]

Just create a clean cut on the tarmac then concrete up to the road and use it as a tampering edge. You will end up doing a better job then the council so crack on

 

[spikeislander]

Around here they like granite sets up to the road edge. But I would be tempted to go with the advice above and do it. If you go asking questions you will get the answer you don't want.

 

[RWG Contracts]

Whilst your doing the job up to the road, go down to the local job centre, get 15 unemployable lay abouts, bring them to farm, give them £20 and a hiviz and tell them to stand around chatting, then you get on with the work, it'll look that much like a council job nobody will stop to question you

 

[Tarw Coch]

Our farm yard entrance is just an old stone entrance.It get's pretty shitty and we have thought to dig it up and concrete it.

Now I was speaking to someone in the construction industry and they told me i wouldnt be allowed to concrete up to the council tarmac. I would have to put some tarmac in then i could concrete to that edge? Sounds a load of waffle to me but i dont doubt any bloody council and highway rules these days!

Anyone know what the rules are if there are any? @RWG Contracts maybe?

Assuming what your contact in the construction industry says is true then simply don't concrete up to the road edge, leave a foot of stone as is now and concrete in a nice square edge. I'll lay odds next time the council is tarmacing the road they'll Tarmac up to your concrete for you.

 

[Extreme Optimist]

Whilst your doing the job up to the road, go down to the local job centre, get 15 unemployable lay abouts, bring them to farm, give them £20 and a hiviz and tell them to stand around chatting, then you get on with the work, it'll look that much like a council job nobody will stop to question you

Wanna make twenty quid Rob??

 

[RWG Contracts]

Wanna make twenty quid Rob??

I already know I'm an unemployable layabout, that's why I had to start my own firm

 

[Extreme Optimist]

Hardy.....you never stop!!