No more Paving your front Garden With out permission

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

As of next month you will need planning permission of to pave, slab or concrete your front garden.

With an increase of people digging up the lawn and laying slabs or paving to park there cars on there is an increased concern over flooding.

When there is a down poor, a lot of the water will soak away in to the grass but if it is a slabbed/paved front garden the water rushes away in to the street and down the drain, Overwhelming the drainage system.

 

[OldBlueLady]

As of next month you will need planning permission of to pave, slab or concrete your front garden.

With an increase of people digging up the lawn and laying slabs or paving to park there cars on there is an increased concern over flooding.

When there is a down poor, a lot of the water will soak away in to the grass but if it is a slabbed/paved front garden the water rushes away in to the street and down the drain, Overwhelming the drainage system.

But not if you have a massive soak away put in like we did when ours was done recently. Unfortunately not enough people have done this which is why the problem arises.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

Kay,

Agreed, i have built many a soakaway in my time and as you say, that would help dependant on depth, during a flood it would have to be at least 2 meters deep to have any effect.

 

[Davros]

I agree with the theory about the flooding, but like with all these government plans, it seems like a way of making people who live in certain areas try and pay for parking permits for local tax, rather than park on there property

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

I agree with the theory about the flooding, but like with all these government plans, it seems like a way of making people who live in certain areas try and pay for parking permits for local tax, rather than park on there property

or put down a permeable membrane, with chippings.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

or put down a permeable membrane, with chippings.

Or even gravel or decorative slate chippings......2 tonne of decorative slate chippings would give you about 75mm depth over a 27m2 at a cost of less then £200.

And you can get some really lovely colours, Plum, green, blue, white.

 

[OldBlueLady]

I think ours is about 2 and a half metres deep and about 4 x 3 so it's pretty big!

 

[JoshC]

As of next month you will need planning permission of to pave, slab or concrete your front garden.

With an increase of people digging up the lawn and laying slabs or paving to park there cars on there is an increased concern over flooding.

When there is a down poor, a lot of the water will soak away in to the grass but if it is a slabbed/paved front garden the water rushes away in to the street and down the drain, Overwhelming the drainage system.

anyone else think that this was an addition to the untidy garden thread?

 

[duncan bulgaria]

anyone else think that this was an addition to the untidy garden thread?

Did indeed , would always opt for a nicely paved driveway than an untidy garden :stunned:

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I think ours is about 2 and a half metres deep and about 4 x 3 so it's pretty big!

That is how big a soakaway should be Kay. Good to see that some tradesmen are doing things properly