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Yes, but our consultation was passed before we found the drains. How have you found dealing with SW?

With Southern Water, they have confirmed by email the drains would be public, and I have looked at their documents online (including the depth & length clause). Reading the guidelines i think building inspector can only certify if it’s 8 metres of drain being built over, anything over that...

The drain will run through the extension, the parallel footings will be no closer than 1.5 metres. We had the drainage map but it was not shown. We had a feeling there was something under there, so had a survey. Letter from the water company saying to call if we found anything, which we did...

Thank you all. I finally have an answer from the water company stating that the drains are public. Their explanation is, that if they leave the boundary they become public, as they re-enter the boundary they will stay public even though they are only serving us. Really frustrating as this...

Totally confused. Our drain leaves our house, crosses our sideway, runs into a manhole just on the other side of the fence, along a few feet parallel with the boundary, and then back onto our property. A drain survey has confirmed the neighbours on that side do not connect to the drains so it...