Member

As I see them, the key questions, which come on from the question of permitted development rights, are as follows. There is the question of who funds and maintains the cross-pavement solution; if a resident funds it, then their expectation is that they have a right to use it, but in reality that is not going to happen on every occasion. The resident has no right to park outside their property on the public highway, and the local authority will not police that space. If the local authority licensed a cross-pavement solution and the resident moves, then the asset and the associated risk and maintenance would go back to the local authority. Cyclical or preventative maintenance of the highways under the New Roads and Street Works Act—NRASWA —will increase in cost due to the complexities of excavating and reinstating the cross-pavement solutions.