neighbours want to move drain into our garden?

Leif

It does sound like a s**t deal. You will have an access cover which will look ugly, and restrict where you can put a shed, or a path, or plants. You will not be able to plant trees anywhere near in case the roots cause damage.

And you will have disruption to your garden, possibly light machinery damaging the lawn etc. Workmen, possibly trampling flower beds.

Tell them you polled the wildlife, and the hedgehogs, fox and badger said no.

tlh858

nickydee5 wrote: »

Our neighbours have asked if they can re-route their run-off pipe from their septic tank across our garden into the drain behind the house.
(Apparently the existing pipe is at right angles and tends to get blocked easily and they want to re-route it at an angle

Don't allow it. Something is very wrong.

Septic tanks do not have outlet pipes routed into a drain.
If the outlet pipe is continually being blocked, there is something seriously wrong with the tank - what comes out should be pretty much water only.

This sounds rather like your neighbours tank is clogged with sludge, and due to not having it cleaned out, the leach field is totally blocked as well. Both of these situations will be expensive and disruptive to repair (such as digging up the leach field which is probably most of their garden) and they are looking for a cheap way to temporarily fix the problem by dumping effluent across your land and into this 'drain' - which is probably illegal anyway.

FilthyLuka

Another thing to consider - if you allow them to connect onto your drainage then the drain on your land would be come a public sewer and would be maintained and cleared by the local sewerage authority.

sounds good eh?

But......if you ever want to build over OR near to (currently within 3m) you would need to gain the permission from the sewerage authority as your old drain is now their sewer and responsibility. This permission would cost you hundreds of pounds and there is still the chance you may be refused permission to build your extension/conservatory/shed/patio/whatever

Kiran

googler wrote: »

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Or construct an inspection chamber with manhole to replace the 90 degree bend........

This is the way it should have been done in the first place and is definitely the option to go for. All in all, it would be cheaper for them to go down this route too unless there's a reason they dont want it on there land anymore e.g. planning an extension

krlyr

Definately would think twice about this. It may not cost you anything now, but even if nothing goes wrong with it, what about the impact on a sale if you needed to sell your house in future? It's not going to have a positive effect and may definately put off potential buyers. It could end up costing you the sale of your house, or thousands in related costs (dropping the price, costs incurred by a slow sale, etc)

cyclonebri1

Have an open day:T:T:T:TInvite all your neighbours to come round and have a barby, let them go route 1 and shiete on your garden.

See how many come back next year?????

diywhynot

OP: have you checked out the Regs for this? Part H is available on Planning Portal.

googler

diywhynot wrote: »

OP: have you checked out the Regs for this? Part H is available on Planning Portal.

Got a direct link?

diywhynot

googler wrote: »

Got a direct link?

For shame,Googler....google 'part h planning portal'.:D

C_Mababejive

Why would you want to agree with this? Whats in it for you? nothing as far as i can see.