The exit that suits boxed garage belongings may not suit a prepared desk or shelving section. Check the actual piece and route together, then record how each part of the load reaches the lawful stop.
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Measure the largest sections before choosing the exit
Record the desk, shelving or other furniture in its agreed travelling state. Include projections, fragile parts and protection; confirm who empties or prepares each piece and keep removed parts and fixings labelled.
Use the furniture-route guide for the assessment information. Discuss unusual weight, uncertain fit or a piece that cannot be prepared as expected before fixing the collection.
Compare the side or rear approach with the house door
Croydon’s historic draft appraisal records some garages and rear service alleys between the railway and Green Lane. For a collection in that setting, ask the owner which route is permitted now and inspect its actual clearance; an alley’s presence does not establish vehicle or furniture admission.
Check gate openings, passage turns, steps, door swings and the carry from the garage or shed. Compare the largest prepared section with the house exit separately, including internal stairs and turns if that is the agreed alternative.
Continue each group to its receiving room or space
Record where the furniture and boxed belongings will go at delivery, with their own entrance and final turns. Confirm keys and any manager-controlled admission, measuring a relevant lift door and cabin as well as the route beyond it. With customer loading and unloading, arrange sufficient people for the house, garage and shed routes and each receiving destination.
Keep shared and escape routes clear while preparing the load. If a furniture route remains uncertain, request assessment of another arrangement before collection; do not assume that boxes passing through a gate proves the desk can follow. Choose help for the full work at both ends.
Boxes use the side gate while the desk uses the house
Hypothetical example: a Norbury customer checks garage boxes through the side gate but finds that the prepared desk’s turning space there is unresolved.
The occupier agrees an alternative house door, whose hallway and steps are measured for assessment. The customer records both routes and the receiving room so the load is not forced into a single access description.
Keep a piece-and-exit route sheet
- Prepared section, projections and preparation responsibility.
- Goods assigned to each house, garage or shed exit.
- Current route permission, gate clearance, steps and turns.
- Actual vehicle position and each complete carry.
- Receiving destinations, keyholders and unresolved handling questions.
Use the sheet in the locations-and-load brief and permission record, alongside the London access guide.
Common questions
Does a side gate suitable for garage boxes suit my desk?
Check the prepared desk’s dimensions, passage turns and clear openings separately, and discuss a measured alternative route if needed.
Should the receiving garage and room share one access note?
Describe each final destination and the actual route and opening contact for that part of the load.
Sources and further detail
Practical planning for the actual addresses. Historic built context does not establish present permission; examples are illustrative.
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