A builder and his company have been ordered to pay more than £20,000 after installing five sub-standard dropped kerbs in a Whitehawk road without permission.
Brighton and Hove City Council took Jason Bennett and CCE Sussex Limited to court and secured their first successful prosecution for the offence this month.
The prosecution came after council officials examined the five crossings and found that they were of sub-standard construction and had been created without the necessary permissions.
Jason Bennett, a former director of CCE Sussex Limited, pleaded guilty to all the charges in his absence relating to the unauthorised highway works at Brighton Magistrates Court on 1 May. CCE Sussex Limited of Horstead Keynes was also convicted in their absence.
They were each ordered to pay a fine of £1000 for each of the five offences, together with £600 costs and £100 Victim Surcharge.
In addition, they were each ordered to pay £4301.52 of compensation to the council to cover the costs of correctly constructing the vehicle crossings.
Each defendant has 14 days in which to pay a total of £10,001.52 fines, costs and compensation.
Anyone can apply for a licence to build a vehicle crossover (dropped kerb) for access to their property but must meet the relevant criteria and safety standards.
