Ed_MK

building a public sewer !??! Oooh no ..i dont think that is what i want 2 pipes it is I didnt realise that i would need to fill out a Building Reg document for them as well ....good point

To be fair when i called up Anglian (after i got that email) they said they "didnt care" what happened on our side of the wall as that was to do with "Council Building Control"

I know its hard to get a head around someone else,s layout, but i have produced a drawing (much simplified I must add!) I have tried to add what i think is relevant. I have put the heights of the land in (mm) compared to the datum i sunk at Road Level ...that is the road at MY side, to avoid confusion The nice chap laying my slab tells me that its height when finished will be approximately 250mm above median ground house footprint level (which works out at 230mm+250mm so I have called it 500m to the top of the slab above the datum point. He tells me it is QUITE common to lay the waste UNDER the slab (which is 1m deep) ..so I have marked that as the larger dashed line, I must admit any pipe UNDER something always worries me " The other utilities were planned to go "around" and into the same trench, which as you can see passes in the 2.5m gap between our parents house and the border wall. After all the hullabuloo of putting waste and water in the same trench ...I got quoted a SIMILAR price from Anglian Water to make a connection at the front of our property! ...so this might be the way forward ? As you can see the "run" from our house to through my parents to the services cluster on their rd is quite long ! SO i suppose this will have an effect on mainly the FALL in the sewage pipe If you are reading this for the first time ...you are probably thinking ...WHY THE HELL DOESN'T HE CONNECT ON HIS OWN RD! LOL Well 2 reasons ... 1. The road we have planning for does not have any other houses on that side, the houses on the other side are on "unadopted services" and the closes connection to me (avoiding the land owner over the way) is 150m 2. the second reason is our parents. When they bough the house yonks ago ...ALL the properties were on Cesspits here, but of course 30 years on .. there is now sewers running down the road ..SO as they are getting on a bit (75+)...and if you have ever had to rod a cesspit run when it gets clogged ..you will know there is a good reason to go on mains sewage ....:) So the through was as we were connecting, we could "run theirs through too" ? apologies if the attached drawing is a bit basic and unconventional ...but what are your thoughts ? services_simplified.pdf

Actually ..I see now it was 3m not 3.5m email below ...unless I am reading it wrong PS ...the names have been obscured to protect the innocent?

Hi All. an update to this ....now we have our planning and we are finalising things for the conditions and Building Regulations. I have been advised that we cannot REALISTICALLY run all the services in the one trench via our parents land. the reason is apparently wastewater must be 3.5m away from any water supply pipes ....and we only have a 2.2m gap at the side of the house to run the trench So we will have to connect it at the front, with the added cost and all the traffic management shennanigans ...sigh. On the original plans we submitted ..it shown the service trench ALL services within.. now of course the fresh water will be going to the front ..will this be an issue for planning ? ..we already have consent on the original submission hmmm

Phew! thanks Peter

hmmm.. Never been asked that before Peter , and never heard it mentioned either. I just did some FAST reading and I cannot find many references to it under the councils site having a skim over it (Gov site) ...could it be that we are exempt due to the size of dwelling? I think i read 100 m2 + somewhere

Actually, i think I will share the list of conditions with you guys... I am working through them ....but if there any pitfalls in there..I hope you can spot the ones i don't thanks In advance Planning Conditions 301117.pdf

eek! battery acid, copper sulphate ...I can see the guy at the hardware now !! If i was to look at the pressure cookers for the wife (while there) they would have me in a small room at MI5

ah... the trees. they love the trees in MK. we are surrounded by some beasts. hundreds of years old...but thankfully these are 100m plus away and on other land. I mean I do LOVE them. but it is awash with TPO around here....even to be seen near one of them with with a lopper will probably get you 6 months !!!

I am indeed MK10. Sadly the local is a harvester. . food is a little bland...but the beer is fine. but according to the wife .....I am too busy to visit it these days LOL

Well, I know I have been quiet the last 4 weeks or so... ..been biting my nails and waiting... BUT..A few days ago we got APPROVAL of our 3 Bed Home !! Thanks to all that helped me with advice and sent me samples and guides to look over for the statement and gave me other advice Special thanks to Forum powerhouses ... Ferdinand and Jack I now have to get these conditions signed off for building reg I guess...so maybe I will be bothering you lot again soon regards Ed

But will it work badly with Sertraline ?!

Well the Planning application went in yesterday ! (shake shake) Keep your fingers crossed for me guys! and thanks for ALL your help and examples ...If it sails through it will be 50% down to the help on here ... ...now......the wait

Had many fun times with Plyboard and screws! I just wish THESE were a little ....cheaper I find them excellent and virtually indestructible at high torque. The 500 trade packs also come with a Torx-bit for your drill (if i recall) https://www.spax.com/uk/planners-und-architects/screw-finder but they are German ...so perhaps die-hard Anglophiles will steer clear

i liked that one ... but my all-time favourite has to be,,,

Thanks Ferdy ....wise words (as usual) The Soil Study is LONG ..I mean its in 2 parts for a start ! ..possible close to 100 pages total. It seems to give me the option of a) Having the soil / gas tested (£3k and a 12 week delay) b) Putting in Gas Barriers and also digging out any soft plant areas (£2k and whatever premium topsoil to replace costs ....BUT no delay) I think thats what it boils down to .. I did ask the chap (nice man, by the way) ...would it be possible to "skirt around" or even swerve certain sections that i didn't like the look of ... but he said it would be basically "glaring by omission" <sigh> so they have to stay (i guess) However I DID happen to poke around on planning and i found the ORIGINAL documents for several houses that are built directly ON TOP of the landfill ..I am at least 100+m away from the EDGE of it And what do you know ...?? They had their reports there too handy! now these were built in 2012, and the reports date to 2011, do you think they are any good for my case ? ...maybe later I have attached it (ts public domain ..so i dont suppose i am breaking any laws sharing it ..anyone can download it ....its FINDING it thats a bit hard Analysis_Report.pdf

i suppose so ..it would make sense ... probably my fault for trying to get my "cross-posting" badge ..sorry

As I prepare to finish my submission for planning ...I noticed one of the "REQUIRED" docs is a "heritage statement" Now I know I am on the edge of a conservation area...this was discussed at Pre-Planning ..and they say due to the lands location they didn't have an "issue" with it ...But i suppose i better also submit the heritage thingy ? Has anyone done one before?

Don't make me panic even more !! I just read the soil report <it just landed in my inbox> and if I am reading correctly.. as well as a gas membrane (methane etc) .....dt to being within a 250m landfill buffer (1970's) I might also need to "scrape 600mm off any soft landscaping or lawn and replace with CERTIFIED topsoil" I mean its a meadow ....its always been a meadow (or part of one) ...I have eaten fruit and veg from it, the grass is lovely and green. But I am expected to throw away 100 tonnes of great soil? (see pic) ..the moles LOVE it too !!! <alternative being> to go down a route of test pits, pipes in the ground, 4 months of testing, send stuff to labs.....OH and fork out £3-£5k I must have been a bad man in a past life

You are showing your Age Ferdy! I still remember my dad hunched over spot the ball, putting tiny X's on there. Of course that was the dark ages ! ...these days we have online Gaming, fixed odds machines and Lottery.. now you can lose your hard-earned in seconds ! with no FUN at all ..

Thanks! I guess the issue here is the ONLY Architect so far is the guy (at Potton) who gave me the house plans. The rest I have tried to do myself ...I dont have an independent architect or surveyor or the like to "lean on" ..its not that i don;t VALUE them ...But since we started this venture and the prices we had wrote down so, so many months ago .....are starting to solidify now into quotes ..which due to time have increased (to say the least) ..hence the need to save where i can

thanks guys the problem is the 1:200 and 1:500 don't have that much distance detail ...and it might be a little obvious

Damn ! I realised that the maps i bought online are 1:200 and 1:500, and i already had these and so didn't need to reorder and now i find the application ACTUALLY requires a 1:1250 or a 1:2500 version. I am loathe to fork out £25 again ...is there another way to get them ? Ps I know its my fault ..i should have checked the right box at checkout and yes i have tried t contact the company and of course i havent had a response

Thanks, I will . did you send me a link to yours RA? Sorry I am useless at finding stuff in messages etc