New build Driveway Regulations

EachPenny

G_M wrote: »

So why do you not simply remove the wall? It's on your land. It's yours. Your neighbour has made noclaim on it. Indeed he agrees the wall is notonly on your land but the land beyond the wall (on his side that is) is also yours.

So what is stopping you? Money? For £12.......
the sledgehammer is £12, not the girl.....

Before getting too distracted by other things...:o and before taking a sledgehammer to the wall, the OP would need to confirm there is no planning restriction or covenant preventing them from doing so.

I may be misunderstanding things, but it sounds like the wall is actually retaining the soil next to/underneath their drive. Removing the wall would remove that support and lead to the driveway subsiding into the neighbour's land.

The OP could construct a new retaining wall closer to the boundary, but in doing so may require planning consent.

Technically though, there will be a limit to how close to the actual boundary the wall could be built as the OP would have no right to construct foundations under the neighbour's land.

In fact I'd go further and speculate that the strip of land on the neighbour's (lower?) side of the wall is actually concealing foundations and possibly drainage for the wall, and this strip has been sold with that property for the purpose of enabling the owner of the wall to maintain it and it's foundations and drainage.

G_M

EachPenny wrote: »

Before getting too distracted by other things...:o and before taking a sledgehammer to the wall, .........

Yeah I do get distracted sometimes. Mea culpa! Nutcracker to smash a pair of coconuts....

EachPenny

G_M wrote: »

Yeah I do get distracted sometimes. Mea culpa! Nutcracker to smash a pair of coconuts....

The only thing I noticed was the young woman had a heavy tool in her hand but was not using appropriate protection.

(safety boots for example)

moneyistooshorttomention

Just choked on my breakfast there...:rotfl::rotfl:

James1968

If the 1m strip of land is yours, then remove fence and wall to level of driveway.
A hammer and bolster or cheap SDS drill will chisel bit are good for this as you can remove the bricks a row at a time without damaging them.

Dig a 1m deep trench 1m away from your current wall, fill with concrete. Then use the salvaged bricks to start building the new wall. As the mortar hardens, you can back fill with the topsoil you dug out for the new foundation.

You can find plans on the net for making a mortar layer to make paying the bricks somewhat easier.

EachPenny

James1968 wrote: »

If the 1m strip of land is yours, then remove fence and wall to level of driveway.
A hammer and bolster or cheap SDS drill will chisel bit are good for this as you can remove the bricks a row at a time without damaging them.

Dig a 1m deep trench 1m away from your current wall, fill with concrete. Then use the salvaged bricks to start building the new wall. As the mortar hardens, you can back fill with the topsoil you dug out for the new foundation.

You can find plans on the net for making a mortar layer to make paying the bricks somewhat easier.

If the wall is a retaining wall (as it sounds from the information given by the OP) then undermining it by digging an unsupported metre deep trench that close to it is possibly one of the most foolish things the OP could do. People die as a result of doing things like that.

Furthermore, unless the level difference is very small, a simple brick wall won't have the structural strength to support the ground, and the OP would also need to provide adequate drainage or deal with complaints from his neighbour about (a) flooding and (b) unsightly water-staining on the wall.

Not to mention all the other issues about the possible need for planning consent, covenants, and being able to physically build and maintain the wall without encroaching onto the neighbours land.

BornThrifty

Can we get a scrappy section sketch through the area in question, showing the wall, neighbouring land "in dispute", rough level differences etc?