Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:55 pm
Hello all,
I have read that the new (2008) planning regulations for permeable paving apply to areas over 5sqm and to new or replacement works. But what about additions?
I currently have two wheels tracks formed of paving slabs which have been there forever. We want to get a second car on the drive and plan to lay block edged gravel in the spring. As a temporary measure til then, I want to add two tracks of slabs outside the current ones, which would give a total of more than 5sqm of slabs.
Is this a loophole that allows me to lay new alongside old with the 5sqm rule applying only to the new material or am I going to get a council jobsworth banging my door down?
Thanks
Jim
I have read that the new (2008) planning regulations for permeable paving apply to areas over 5sqm and to new or replacement works. But what about additions?
I currently have two wheels tracks formed of paving slabs which have been there forever. We want to get a second car on the drive and plan to lay block edged gravel in the spring. As a temporary measure til then, I want to add two tracks of slabs outside the current ones, which would give a total of more than 5sqm of slabs.
Is this a loophole that allows me to lay new alongside old with the 5sqm rule applying only to the new material or am I going to get a council jobsworth banging my door down?
Thanks
Jim