What Staffordshire County Council itself says about the fee, the work and the waiting, read on its own page on 20 September 2026.
Staffordshire County Council: £138 for the inspector's assessment, non-refundable. Your contractor pays £271 for a permit to dig on an unclassified street, or £388 on a classified one. The contractor you engage charges you for the work; the council keeps no list of contractors. The page names no construction price.
"£138 which is non-refundable and payable once the application has been received for the inspector to give an assessment to the site."
"£271 charge for a permit to dig on an unclassified street, which your contractor will apply for. Or £388 charge for a permit to dig in a classified street."
"Then you will be charged by the contractor for the works they carry out."
Staffordshire County Council, Fees: Dropped kerb, the page shows no date, read on 20 September 2026.
"We do not hold or maintain a list of registered contractors."
Staffordshire County Council, Dropped kerbs, the page shows no date, read on 20 September 2026.
Your own accredited contractor. The contractor you engage charges you for the work; the council keeps no list of contractors. The page names no construction price.
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
Staffordshire County Council: £138 for the inspector's assessment, non-refundable. Your contractor pays £271 for a permit to dig on an unclassified street, or £388 on a classified one. The contractor you engage charges you for the work; the council keeps no list of contractors. The page names no construction price.
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).