What Leicester City Council itself says about the fee, the work and the waiting, read on its own page on 20 September 2026.
Leicester City Council: £50 application fee, non-refundable. A second non-refundable payment of £100 follows if the application is approved. The council does not construct dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor, and the council must approve that contractor before work begins. Applications currently take 12 weeks; once your contractor is approved you have 6 months to finish.
"There is a non-refundable application fee of £50."
"If your application is approved, then a second, non-refundable payment of £100 will be required."
"We do not construct dropped kerbs, so if your application is successful, you will need to hire a contractor to do the work. Your contractor must be approved by us before any work begins."
"The current processing time for applications is 12 weeks, and you may not hear from us during this period."
"Once your contractor is approved, you will have 6 months to complete the work."
Leicester City Council, Apply for a dropped kerb, the page shows no date, read on 20 September 2026.
Your own accredited contractor. The council does not construct dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor, and the council must approve that contractor before work begins.
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
Leicester City Council: £50 application fee, non-refundable. A second non-refundable payment of £100 follows if the application is approved. The council does not construct dropped kerbs. You hire a contractor, and the council must approve that contractor before work begins. Applications currently take 12 weeks; once your contractor is approved you have 6 months to finish.
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).