Start at the room or store holding the belongings and follow the permitted exit to the lawful vehicle position. Check the largest prepared section against that route rather than relying on familiar pedestrian access across the Common-side setting.
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Measure the largest section in its travelling state
Agree which parts of a desk or other bulky piece will be removed and who prepares them. Record the largest section, projections, fragile finishes and any known weight or manufacturer detail, keeping fixings labelled with the correct item.
Use the furniture and outside-steps checklist to provide assessment information. Measurements reveal fit questions; ask the provider what further information it needs before treating a turn or stair as accepted.
Inspect each passage and outside stage actually used
The historic Plumstead Common appraisal records terraces around Winn’s Common and Lakedale Road, and steps at Kings Highway. For a collection in that setting, identify the actual furniture entrance and street instead of assuming a pedestrian route is suitable for the piece or vehicle.
Record gate clearance, passage turns, outside flights, landings and doorway beyond them, with internal stairs listed separately. Give garden-store boxes their own route if different, and confirm current private permission with the occupier.
Continue through the final receiving room
Have the recipient check the same prepared section through their doorway, hallway, stairs or permitted lift and room turn. Include the full carry from the independent lawful unloading position and the person who provides keys. Choose carrying help for the desk’s rear passage, outside flights and complete receiving route. If selecting customer loading and unloading, arrange enough of your own people for both full carries, including the store boxes.
Keep the agreed collection and receiving routes clear of packed goods while preserving shared escape access. If a piece or route remains uncertain, discuss an assessed alternative before fixing collection; a box passing a gate does not establish the prepared desk’s turning space.
The rear passage is checked with the desk section
Hypothetical example: a Plumstead customer prepares a desk from a rear room and packs garden-store boxes. The occupier agrees an exit and confirms the street serving it.
The customer records the desk’s passage turn and outside steps, while the boxes retain their own route notes. The recipient checks the desk into the new room so the assessment covers the whole job.
Keep a starting-room route sheet
- Prepared largest section and labelled removable parts.
- Actual starting location, furniture exit and street.
- Gate, passage turns, outside steps and internal stairs.
- Current private permission, lawful stop and full carry.
- Receiving-room check and unresolved handling questions.
Attach the sheet to the selected-load quote brief and loading record, with the London access guide.
Common questions
Should outside steps and internal stairs share one floor note?
Describe each flight, landing and doorway on the actual route separately, including the street-to-door carry.
Does the usual Common-side footpath establish the moving route?
Confirm the permitted furniture exit and actual vehicle approach, then assess the prepared piece along the full carrying route.
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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