Report the following obstructions on pavements to us:
- Potholes at least 20mm deep (for pavements)
- Skips (pavements or public rights of way)
- Scaffold and hoarding
- Building materials
- Temporary works including traffic lights (before you report it, check the name of the contractor and the type of works so we can then check for notification and validity of the work)
- Mixing concrete or mortar on the pavement without approval
- Unauthorised signage (placing an illegal sign is an encroachment of the highway)
- Discharging or gushing water
- Overhanging vegetation (see our overhanging tree, plant or hedge page for more details)
- Pavement damage (paving slab, rocking slab, broken slab, missing slab, raised or sunken slabs)
- Spillage
- Manhole and drain cover damage
Cellars, cellar lights, vaults, coal holes (hatch in pavement)
Owners are legally responsible for getting technical approval from us (the council) for any work to be done. If you experience water problems, we cannot prevent water from penetrating a cellar from the footpath or road but we can check gullies or drainage connections and take action if there are safety concerns.
Let us know if a cellar, cellar light, vault or coal hole is causing an obstruction.