End to comedy legislation?? - Rip it up and start again

[Tony McC]

I'm not a natural Telegraph reader, but I picked up on this story on the front page of the Sunday T this morning.

It's all a bit vague but it sounds as though we could see an end to the stupid (and widely ignored) planning regs on front garden driveways spat out without any real consideration by the previous govt in October 2008.

[henpecked]

TBH, it doesn't male a shed load of difference to the top water drains.

If you doing a 150m +, yes it may well, but most private drives are just enough for a couple of motors.
My drive is in the 70m+ mark, most of the water drains through the block paving, only if there's a torrential downpour, then its a bit different, but by hat time, all the local drains are overloaded always.
Just put people off when you quote £40m laid, then bung half as much ion top for regs

Good move IMHO, hope it get legs sooner rather than later.

Hp

Just a quick edit, I knew this sounded familiar. When we sold the old place , it cost £1450 for architectural plans for a loft conversion (bit complex). I remember looking at this same amendment back then.

Glad I didnt hang around for it

BBC news 2007

[Dave_L]

Interesting indeed - but common sense and basic good practice should still prevail when it comes to construction of new driveways adjacent to the highway.