£3,000 for a part of the public highway in perpetuity outside a £500k house is probably not a market rate. It probably adds considerably more to the house value turning a public asset into private profit with a loss to the local environment.

There will always be a need for some people such as blue badge holders to pay below market rate which I agree with but I think the council could manage our assets better charging a market rate to grant a dropped kerb and perhaps bringing in a yearly crossover permit where people who want their highway crossing private with the charge waived if they share the public highway with the public.