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Ok so an update on where we are at. SW have approved our BOA, Building control have signed everything off, however due to the change we need to submit a Non Material Amendment as the design has changed. Due to this we are using this opportunity to extend on the side that we was not initially...

The guy from SW has agreed a 2m footing as we're 1.9 from the pipe on the existing building as long as we keep the side extensions at the same distance from their pipe, I'm happy with that.

1.9m

Update, I have spoken to an escalation manager at SW, we have discussed options. 1. We dig down 150mm below the pipe, add reinforcing and pour ontop of that, sounds expensive. 2. We come back 1m, drive piles 150mm below pipe level, put a ring beam in and build ontop of that. 3. Not go any...

Ok to answer the above, we was totally unaware of the sewer location, again I'm not a specialist in these matters, to me the manhole is the sewer, however now I know a bit more I can provide some clarity. We have a rear extension that sticks out roughly 4m and is approx 3m wide, to the side of...

Nope I work in IT I'm not a builder lol, our fallback option is to change the extension to go out either side rather than further into the garden, that's looking increasingly likely, however it should be possible under permitted development

Yeah the rear wall into the garden will run parallel to it, it's currently 1.9m from the pipe, however we wanted to go out another 1m so would end up 900mm away but it seems they have a blanket NO against that as we would be within 3m, regardless of the fact the existing wall is already within...

Footings are the standard depth though but they flat out refuse to let you build within 3m of their 5m deep pipe, it's ridiculous really.

Ok sorry to bring this back up but this has been going on for weeks. Here's the situation, We applied for a build over, we was unaware at the time that a sewer main runs through the back garden, it's approx 5m deep and 1.9m from the rear of our property. SW were supposed to send a CCTV survey...

Oh and yes I submitted multiple pictures, architect drawings, structural engineer reports etc, building control sent everything across and I sent additional information after I done the application on Southern Water build over website. initially their response was that they was going to send a...

Sorry all, busy week after making this post I had an all nighter at work. Ok so this is where the current manhole is And I want to seal it and move it basically straight into the garden, as you can see they have dug down looking for the sewer pipe, we believe it's probably 2m deep. Southern...

Hi all need some advice please! We are looking to build a rear extension to replace our current rear extension, we have applied to Southern Water for the build over agreement as the extension will be over the top of the existing sewer manhole, which incidentally is about half a foot from our...