Soakaway and adjacent foul sewer

[jamesph]

Hello Guys,

I have done a search in relation to soakaways but can’t find anything current concerning positions of soakaways and foul drains.

I realise that in general soakaways should be kept 5m from buildings but what about foul drainage runs.

I want to locate a fairly large soakaway partly under my drive and quite close (about 1m) to a new foul sewer that will be laid at the same time. I don’t yet know the relative depths except the sewer will be around 1.6m deep.

I am obviously concerned about the sewer, but the gradient of the sewer is steep so any minor settlement would not necessarily be a problem.

Any comment would be appreciated.

 

[jeds]

No rule on proximity of soak away to foul drains. Just needs to be 5m away from any building and 2m away from any boundary.

 

[jamesph]

Thanks John.

That's what I understood it to be - I just can't understand where there are no rules about the proximity to sewers.