It's not a scam, you have to have public liability insurance and permission to start digging the kerb up, imagine if everyone was allowed to just dig the pavement up when they felt like it. £750 is not a large sum, it's what I would expect to pay. What annoys me is people who build a drive, remove the garden fence and then expect everyone to not park outside their house even though they haven't got a dropped kerb.
It is a scam Billy, be told! The council is full of scams. I agree people need insurance though, but you don't need to pay a council official to stand and watch the job being done. Fine let them come and check it afterwards. It's just aimed and not giving you the viable option to have it done yourself.
Another scam, they sent me a nasty letter telling me to cut my hedge back and if i didnt within 14 days, they would send out a contractor and bill me - seems the letter wasn't addressed to me, just my house, I ignored them, knowing they wouldn't bother with the contractor. 15 days later another letter telling me they would take me (well my address)to court if i didn't cut back my hedge, no mention of the contractor...
I then called them after being on hold for about 25 mins (listening to the song off One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest!!!) informed them it was their hedge, not even on my land...
- total bullying tactics and lies. I could have been an elderly/ill person and they try to frighten you to do things instantly, that they haven't even looking into correctly.
Try giving them a 14 day ultimatum to fix things or you'll take them to court or charge them for you doing it!