Hi all, thanks for letting me join the group, complete newbie where rules and regulations are concerned but I'm a digger driver by trade working in the housing construction sector. Not sure that qualifies me to say I know how it should be done but I'm involved in all aspects of groundwork. 

I'm here to obtain some advice and hope I can help others in some way. 

Welcome! I've just been wondering if I could learn to use a digger. My driveway will be quite large and I need a SuDS solution, which I think will be a pond aka big hole. 

Are you going to try a self build? You should have some good contacts in the trade, hopefully.