What Bristol City Council itself says about the fee, the work and the waiting, read on its own page on 20 September 2026.
Bristol City Council: £357 for the domestic vehicle crossover licence; £536 if you apply after the kerb was already dropped. The council does not install vehicle dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor with at least £5 million public liability insurance and the street works qualifications.
"Domestic Vehicle Crossover Licence: £357"
"Retrospective Domestic Vehicle Crossover Licence: £536"
Bristol City Council, Highway excavation licence, the page shows no date, read on 20 September 2026.
"Bristol City Council doesn't install vehicular dropped kerbs."
"have public liability insurance of a minimum of £5 million"
Bristol City Council, How to get a dropped kerb installed, the page shows no date, read on 20 September 2026.
Your own accredited contractor. The council does not install vehicle dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor with at least £5 million public liability insurance and the street works qualifications.
The Planning Portal calls dropped kerbs largely not a planning matter, and lists what changes that: a classified or trunk road, a property divided into flats, structural work for the parking area, a listed building or conservation area, or works taking place in isolation. The fee above is separate from any planning fee. Planning Portal, Dropped kerbs: Planning permission
Bristol City Council: £357 for the domestic vehicle crossover licence; £536 if you apply after the kerb was already dropped. The council does not install vehicle dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor with at least £5 million public liability insurance and the street works qualifications.
The Planning Portal calls dropped kerbs largely not a planning matter, and lists what changes that: a classified or trunk road, a property divided into flats, structural work for the parking area, a listed building or conservation area, or works taking place in isolation. In law, the permitted development right for a new access only covers roads that are neither trunk nor classified (Schedule 2, Part 2, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015).