Hi all,
Does anyone have experience of building near a pressurised sewer?
I had planning passed last week for a double garage with rooms above on my corner plot, the guy in the street behind me has the same approval he got his a couple of weeks before me.
He started digging out all his foundations and yesterday received an email from severn trent telling him he had to cease works as there is a pressurised sewer running at the border of our properties and he can't build within 5 metres of it and that there is an easement in place.
The neighbour informed me of this yesterday, I've not had any news from severn trent yet but im slightly behind him, he asked severn trent for the exact location of the sewer but they don't have any records it's just somewhere near where indicated on the plan, neither my solicitor or his found any easement in place when buying the properties, so if we wish to build anything are we able to just use the location on there plan to measure from or is one of us going to have to swallow the cost of digging upto 3 metres or more without damaging said sewer so we can work out exactly where we can build?
Oddly the house between our properties which is also a corner plot has had an extension built in the 90's which is clearly closer than 5m to this sewer yet they must of had the same easement on their property.
Anyone any advice?
Thanks
Chris
Does anyone have experience of building near a pressurised sewer?
I had planning passed last week for a double garage with rooms above on my corner plot, the guy in the street behind me has the same approval he got his a couple of weeks before me.
He started digging out all his foundations and yesterday received an email from severn trent telling him he had to cease works as there is a pressurised sewer running at the border of our properties and he can't build within 5 metres of it and that there is an easement in place.
The neighbour informed me of this yesterday, I've not had any news from severn trent yet but im slightly behind him, he asked severn trent for the exact location of the sewer but they don't have any records it's just somewhere near where indicated on the plan, neither my solicitor or his found any easement in place when buying the properties, so if we wish to build anything are we able to just use the location on there plan to measure from or is one of us going to have to swallow the cost of digging upto 3 metres or more without damaging said sewer so we can work out exactly where we can build?
Oddly the house between our properties which is also a corner plot has had an extension built in the 90's which is clearly closer than 5m to this sewer yet they must of had the same easement on their property.
Anyone any advice?
Thanks
Chris