Stuart Noble wrote:
Lobster wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:26:35 +0100, chris French wrote:

There is manhole cover over the drain in the pavement - this is just
a pressed steel jobbie, not a cast one as would be used by a
utility, it has rusted through in one of the dips in one of the
handle areas so I figure that I need to replace it before someone
puts a foot through it one day.

I'd be tempted to play the "innocent concerned householder" and
report the rusty/dangerous cover to the council street works
department. They might just come along and replace it FOC. B-) I'd
probably send the notification as a letter and keep a copy.

But equally, might they not inspect it and then insist that it's
repaired immediately, and that the OP pays for it? No idea what the
correct answer is, but I can well understand the OP wanting to know
the legalities before approaching them.

David

If it's beyond the boundary of the property, I'd say it's not your problem

Probably. How about the case of someone I knew who converted their
front garden into a hard-standing for the car (might even have been done
by the previous owner) and many years later got stuck with a compulsory
and hefty bill for dropping the kerb of the adjacent pavement. I know
it's a different scenario, but...

David