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Where has the quoted text come from?bjorn_toby_wilde said:
You should be fine if the water runs off into the garden either side.NervyBuyer said:
It's already tarmac-ed (has been for at least 25 years, since before I owned it) so wouldn't replacing like with like avoid the need for planning permission?FreeBear said:Slinky said: To supply and lay 150mm thickness of Type 1 hardcore well compacted to the correct falls and levels.As a neighbour said to me (he does patios & stuff) when I said I was putting down 150mm+ of MOT1 - "Just how many trucks are you planning on parking ?".In response to comments about using tarmac, concrete, or paving slabs - Anything more than 5m² of impervious paving may well be subject to planning permission. Block paving, if done right, is permeable and would fall under permitted development.
”If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning permission will be needed for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not provide for the water to run to a permeable area.”
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https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/paving-your-front-garden/planning-permissionSlinky said:
Where has the quoted text come from?bjorn_toby_wilde said:
You should be fine if the water runs off into the garden either side.NervyBuyer said:
It's already tarmac-ed (has been for at least 25 years, since before I owned it) so wouldn't replacing like with like avoid the need for planning permission?FreeBear said:Slinky said: To supply and lay 150mm thickness of Type 1 hardcore well compacted to the correct falls and levels.As a neighbour said to me (he does patios & stuff) when I said I was putting down 150mm+ of MOT1 - "Just how many trucks are you planning on parking ?".In response to comments about using tarmac, concrete, or paving slabs - Anything more than 5m² of impervious paving may well be subject to planning permission. Block paving, if done right, is permeable and would fall under permitted development.
”If the surface to be covered is more than five square metres planning permission will be needed for laying traditional, impermeable driveways that do not provide for the water to run to a permeable area.”
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