Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:09 am
I am about to undertake a self build project. Correspondence from the planning officer states that I have now only one condition yet to discharge (drainage details) before development can commence. They have had drawings prepared by a Chartered Engineer showing the positioning, invert and cover levels of all foul drainage leading to a biodigester (which already has consent) as well as the positioning of all soakaways. Furthermore this is a large plot with no likely problems of accomodating soakaways and I know from many years experience of the land that porocity will not be a problem. On contacting the LA drainage man he has told me that he wants a ground condition certificate and a calculation of the design of the proposed soakaway system to BSE 365. I have contacted the planning officer to tell him that in my view this is over the top and that my building control consultants (I will be using a private company) are also of the same opinion. In fact this should be dealt with under Building Control legislation at the time of constructing the soakaway facilities. I wonder if any of you have had any similar experiences but in the meantime I'd like to congratulate the web site organisers on this marvellous site.
