Gate to highway distance?

[flanagaj]

Is there a minimum distance that you need from a gate to the edge of the highway.  I vaguely remember that you must be able to position your vehicle off the highway to enable you to open the gate?

As all vehicles differ in length, I am unsure what the rules are around this. 

[DevilDamo]

It differs. Refer to your Highway Authority’s requirements. 

[JohnMo]

If your looking at that you should also look at the visibility splay as well. But this should all be detailed on your planning drawings.

[nod]

We’ve just done ours The magic number seems to be 3 meters 

We’ve set ours at 4 to allow a vehicle to safely stop if there’s no one home to open the gate 

We are on a country lane with no pavement and 60 mph limit 

[Alan Ambrose]

My local highway guys say 3.7m to 5.5m as part of our planning conditions.

[nod]

12 minutes ago, Alan Ambrose said:

My local highway guys say 3.7m to 5.5m as part of our planning conditions.

Our last build had a pavement and grass verge and good splay vision  Our highways simply said NO We ended up putting gates at the side of the house Some eight meters in 

BUT a build that was completed 12 months after ours (4years ago) Sited there’s at the edge of the pavement About 1 meter from a busy main road 

As clear as mud 

[ProDave]

I would say the distance is decided by the longest vehicle you are likely to own.  In my case that would be just over 6 metres.  But we "solved" the question by just not having gates.  Nobody does on our road.

[nod]

1 hour ago, ProDave said:

I would say the distance is decided by the longest vehicle you are likely to own.  In my case that would be just over 6 metres.  But we "solved" the question by just not having gates.  Nobody does on our road.

We wouldn’t have bothered either 

But with a 2.5 year old that seems to bolt at every opportunity 

[Kelvin]

We have dogs sheep and chickens so need to keep them all separated and off the road. Fortunately we have a large guest/delivery van parking area that will be on the roadside of the fence and gate and then a long driveway and secondary parking area that’s behind the gate. 

[IanR]

4 hours ago, flanagaj said:

Is there a minimum distance that you need from a gate to the edge of the highway.  

Essex Highways require gates to be a minimum 6m from the highway to avoid a vehicle stopping on the highway in order to open the gates. Footpaths are part of the highway.

[JohnMo]

Similar here also. But if you are on a single track road you also need a pull into layby for delivery vehicles (mail etc), so they impede other vehicles.

[scottishjohn]

and of course in my area where planning are toal power freaks --its 6m  for planning 

[-rick-]

22 hours ago, nod said:

But with a 2.5 year old that seems to bolt at every opportunity 

 

Hang on a minute. Are you telling us that you've just finished a true self build of a large property between you and your wife, while doing a full time job AND looking after a 2.5 year old? How??