Big Jimbo

Good luck. I have to sit on my bum aswell. Can't kneel down. Bum shuffling works well.

You will need to tell the council (planning permission) where on your land you want to build, and what you want to build. they will then hopefully grant you permission.

I'm sure you are right John, just saying what the Water company told me when i wrote to them. I believe that the smaller intelligent pumps will regulate to ensure that a max of 12lt a min can be drawn, and that these can be fitted directly to the incoming mains without any other steps needing to be taken.

If you don't want the advice, don't ask. Good luck in not selling your house for a very long time

Talk to a surveyor, and they will tell you that the pretty red line means jack all in the eyes of the law. You need to have your boundaries determined.

Just because land is not registered does not mean it is not owned. You need a Chartered Surveyor who specialises in land as i have said. You will have to get the boundary registered, and to do that, you will need to prove that it is yours. if anybody want to buy your house, this will be picked up again and again by the solicitors. I should know, I've been there.

I think you are wrong. A 1.5 bar pump on the mains will not draw in more than 12Lts of water a min, and are therefore not a problem. You only need to go all high tech, and expensive if you want to pull in more than 12lt. This was confirmed for me by the water company.

Right. I have been through something similar in the last year.... Not great. The first piece of advice i would offer is don't waste to much time or money with solicitors. I spent a lot of money with a firm of central London Lawers and eventually took it off them due to getting knowhere and spending Thousands. In my opinion you need to get all of your paperwork together and get yourself a fully qualified chartered surveyors. Do a bit of research as some are rubbish, and you want one that specialises in land.The one i used has mapped countries for governments, and recently The falkland Islands. He looked over all my paperwork, and then surveyed my land using some amazing high tech gear. He then produced a report of 150 pages..... He canged me about 8 grand + vat. Once you have that information you have to apply to the Land Registry for Determined Boundaries. (Costs about £90) Some civil servant will then look at it, won't understand it, and will pass it up the chain to the Land Registry Lawyers. If they can get there heads around it they will then look at all of the boundaries that meet yours, and will write to the registered owners, tell them they have received a request to register boundaries that effect them. They may choose to agree with your position, and advise the land registry of that, or they might not...... If they dont agree with your position, they will be asked by the land registry to send in there information. The chances are that the land registry won't be able to say who is right, and who is wrong, so will invite you and your neighbours to sort it out and agree it between yourselves !!!!! This won't happen as other people will consider that you are trying to nick bits of there land. You are now in what's called a BOUNDARY DISPUTE. Get ready at this point to end up in court, fall out with your neighbours, pay a load of professionals ££££££££. A week in court will cost about £125.000. The first step is to get a professional Chartered Serveyor to look at your case. Be prepared to spend a fair few quid, and don't forget that you might end up being told that you don't own the land that you think you do.

I used a pump on my daughters incoming mains to boost it to 1.5 bar. Works well. I think you can get more powerful one's but i think you might need the water boards permission to fit on bigger than 1.5 bar.

That may have been the case, however, i believe that my proposal for 2 is better than my planning for one. I believe that i have done enough in my application to demonstrate that. Only time will tell. The application will be going in via the planning portal on Sunday evening.

Yeah, some of them are great. I think if i had my time over i would quite like to have been a BCO

It's the negative attitude that gives me the hump. It seems that as soon as a proposal lands on thier desk, the first thought is "How can i refuse this" If you fancy reading mine, another £10 to the dogs trust ?

No. I believe i have justified the building of 2 detached, and i like a fight, and find that planners tend to be muppets. If you fancy taking a look, let me know. Not looking for experts, just honest opionions.

Thats because most of them are muppets. I have very little time for them , but always like a good fight.

Not looking for experts. just honest opinions. So if you want to give it ago.

Yeah. I get that. If i had been younger when glue sniffing started i would have joined in.

Love what you are doing. I do think you should have one of the roofs with a missile coming out the top.

Wow. What a stunning place. I would live there in a heartbeat.

Wow. That is stunning. As you say God is in the details.

It's so nice when you get a helpful one. I did a large extension, on a house a few years ago. Every time i phoned the bco, he said he was too busy, take a few photo's and carry on. The first time i met him was the final inspection. He stayed about 40 seconds, didn't want to see any of the photo's, and sent through my completion cert.

Right a brief summary. I bought an old bungalow, 1942, in the greenbelt in hertfordshire Two years ago. I put in a couple of LDC's and a NCS in order to wake up my planners and establish my permitted developement rights. I then put in an application to extend the existing bungalow from about 650 sq ft to aprox 2600sq ft. The planning officer advised that he would not pass it because of the design. I withdrew it, and re-submitted a new design of about 3000sq ft and got it passed. I bullied the planning officer, who has the personality of a plant. One that has'nt been watered for several months. Now i could go ahead and build this, although i don't really like the design. However i do have it as my fall back position. If i were to build it, I would just sell it, because i have no need for a 3000sq ft house. If however i could build Two houses instead, i would be able to sell One, and keep the other to live in. I then drew up Two houses and put it in for planning permission. It rightly got refused for basically "Over developement in the greenbelt". Being on this forum, and reading lots, and lots on the internet, i went back to the drawing board. I believe that i have now got a design for Two houses, and that i have demonstrated that they would be less harmful to the Greenbelt than my Existing permission to extend to 3000sq ft. This is where the people with clever socks come into play. My Design and access statement is 32 pages of A4, and there are 26 pages at A3 of drawings. I am hoping to submit it early next week, and i have gone over it several times. However, i like the idea of a few other people reading it, people that may be able to say, "You missed this or that" etc. I can't put it up here, due to it's size, but if there are any people who fancy wasting an hour of there life, and fancies have a read let me know by P.M. If you give me your email, i can send it directly to you. I know you are all busy, but for anybody who does give it a go, I will donate £10 per person to the Dogs Trust (Where i got my boy from) Regards Jim

If you are building within 3mt of the neighbours property you will need a party wall agreement. If you are between 3 and 6mt away you may still need one. The rules are different. Then it is all about how deep your foundations are in relation to theirs. Lots of info online about PWA. For example if you were 3001mm away from there building, and you imagine that they have foundations (bottom of) at 750mm deep. 45degee line down into the earth from there means your foundations could be 3750mm deep without you needing a PWA. I would defo advise staying just over 3mt away from your neighbour and avoiding the need for a PWA if you can.

If you are going for planning permission then no, but under or at 3mt and you will need a party wall agreement.....Yuk. That could cost you a few quid.

Exempt Peter. Although one i start i'm going straight back into planning for 2

Thanks folks. Yep. Pre-commencement conditions, so i had better wait.......... You can bet i will get to the end of my 8 weeks and the twat won't even have looked at them.