Can I muckaway (for a basement) to my own land?

 

Ta, Alan

 

p.s. This is light-ish clay.

Edited September 16, 20233 yr by Alan Ambrose

Sure can! It’s a great way to save money. 
 

if anyone questions it just call it landscaping. 

Edited September 16, 20233 yr by Thorfun

Nice

I guess this would be from ‘domestic curtilage’ to ‘agricultural land’ if it makes any difference.

`Lucky blighter. Save a fortune

1 hour ago, Alan Ambrose said:

I guess this would be from ‘domestic curtilage’ to ‘agricultural land’ if it makes any difference.

I did exactly that, who is going to notice/bother?

No issue as long as it's inert material. I.e. no risk of contamination from previous development - oil, asbestos etc etc.

 

Spread it out.. Planning Permission might be required to raise ground levels.

 

 

Do the cut and fill calcs. If you are digging out 10s of m³ of sub soil then it has to go somewhere. You need to calculate the final levels to make sure the profiles make sense. Also remember that you want to keep topsoil on top In your garden areas, so you might need to strip off and heap topsoil before spreading the subsoil.  If you have a large plot and existing gradients then you might be able to lose the excess on site by terracing.

 

But also remembered that your site might not be able to carry the excess. Check your planning submission site levels, street scenes etc. You might need to run the gauntlet of PP changes / risking running foul of P Enforcement, if they decide you are raising levels unacceptably.  It might just be cheaper in the end to pay for off site removal.

 

We didn't have a basement, but had to drop a large part of our site by about 0.6m to achieve roof lines, etc. That was about 20 × large truck loads. Luckily a farmer in our village was doing culvert backfill and took it all, so a 10min round trip and no dumping costs.  

Edited September 17, 20233 yr by TerryE

You may need a waste exemption licence if it's agricultural land. 

On 16/09/2023 at 16:56, Alan Ambrose said:

Nice

 Don't tell that to anyone though. The council or some authority will come up with a plan to send you a bill somehow and get some business for their friends in the industry. 😅 Even though they can't find a legal point, they will fearmonger you first and see if you would fall into the trap. Once you finish going through all the stress and come up with a proper legal argument to question them further, they will say "Sorry, it wasn't absolutely necessary, we only advised you for the good of your own family" or something.