On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:29:24 +0000, a particular chimpanzee,
"Ashnook." contact.by.email" randomly hit the
keyboard and produced:
I don't know if it required building regs approval, I just assumed it
would.
If it's detached, less than 30mē, and either substantially
non-combustible or more than 1m from any boundary, then it's exempt
from the Building Regulations.
Bridging over the drain means having no foundation concrete under the
sewer at that point?
No. You have to continue the foundation under the pipe. See Diagram
7 of Approved Document H
(
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/eng...000000382.html)
It's a sewer pipe from some adjacent bungalows that runs across my land.
That doesn't make it a public sewer. If it's a drain serving more
than one property which was in place before 1937, then it's a de-facto
public sewer. Otherwise it has to be adopted and shown on the Public
Map of Sewers. If it is a public sewer, then you will need the Water
Company's permission to build over irrespective of whether you need
Building Regulations or not.
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