Are Surface water drains treated the same as Sewers when building over?

[Paul Armes]

Hi all,

Can't seem to find a definite answer to this anywhere online, including my own water company. I have a straight run of 110mm underground pipe within my boundary which is for the gutters for a run of houses next to mine. We want to build an extension over this which will require a ring beam. The depth of the pipe is approximately 1500mm.

Will I need to apply for a build over agreement? Might be a stupid question but everything I can find in relation to build over agreement is technically mentioning sewers. Which I would have thought refers to water waste from sinks and toilets, not surface water.

Could anyone shed some light?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

It doesn't matter what drains through but who's responsibility it is, if you're building within 3m of it if it's private a build over is not required if it's public it does.

 

[^woody^]

Sewers can be fowl or rain water

 

[Mottie]

I've never seen sewers with fowl in them before.

 

[^woody^]

You'd be suprised what we find in them