Garden Law Discussion

Check with the Local Council too, planning permission is required to pave over a previously permeable area, and the fact the drainage is inadequate may also go in your favour.

I can see a possible issue where most companies delivering items with heavy vehicles seek the recipient to sign a waiver before 'Ordering the vehicle to leave the Public Highway'. Ready mix concrete lorries, tippers, skip loaders etc, are often at their legal maximum weight when loaded, if the drive...

I cannot see how you could be held anyway responsible for this septic tank. It is merely located on/under your property, you are neither jointly or separately an 'operator' as the EA require, so I would just sit back now and let the EA and your Neighbours argue it out next year. My main concern righ...

It is important to note, a Septic Tank only needs 'emptying' every so often, to remove accumulated sludge. Under normal operation it will remain 'full', with the clarified effluent leaving the tank, which, depending on the treatment process offered by the setup, can be discharged into a soakaway to ...

Party Wall Agreement may be needed if he plans to carry out work as you describe.

Air bricks are usually around DPC level, and in fact the DPC is clearly visible in the pic! Removal of soil to any sort of depth could undermine the foundations, and land you with a large bill! Work with what you have, the world is not flat!

Doubt there's anything illegal about it, but depending on the size of these containers, I hope his roof is strong enough to support them. 1 litre of water = 1kg, so 500 l of water soon makes some weight. Flat roof's often leak, if the board underneath isn't up to the load, then he could find himself...

Sounds like its blocked further downstream, and the bubbling is air being displaced. Try Building Control at the local Council, any work on drains needs Building Regs approval, doesn't strike me they have got that!

Firstly, did the neighbour have use of the sewer prior to making this rainwater connection to it? If the sewer is shared it is the responsibility of the Water Company as sewerage provider, and although connecting rainwater into a foul sewer is frowned upon now, it is allowed as a last resort if all ...

Need to establish how long it's been there, but the rules changed in 2011, and it may well now be the Water Company's responsibility. Property owners are responsible for any drain serving their property until it meets any drain being used by another property, or passes under the boundary onto a neig...

Eliza, sorry, just seen your post. Have checked my PM's nothing from you I'm afraid. Feel free to contact me again if you still need advice.

"Are the Water Authorities still privatised. and paying dividends to their shareholders?" Very much so. Cutting back on staffing, overtime, trying to do as much as they can on the cheap, expecting more from all their staff, for little or no reward, (whilst Management look after themselves very nicel...

Sewer ownership and responsibility changed in October 2011. Since that date, any sewer serving one or more properties, becomes the responsibility of the Sewerage Provider (Water Company). Any sewer serving a single property, from the point it passes under the boundary into a neighbouring property, a...

Information for Anglian Water customers here, regarding blocked drains. https://www.anglianwater.co.uk/household/water-recycling-services/sewers-and-drains.aspx As a rule of thumb, once a drain serving ONE property goes over the boundary line of that property, or joins a sewer serving at least one o...

Raise the issue of the trespassing flue and Pressure Relief discharge with Gas Safe and Building Control. Both should be able to look and/or advise FOC, and even order it be moved if deemed necessary. If its a new installation it will be unlikely to comply with regs and therefore action can/will be ...