Hello there.
I've recently had my application reccommended by the council, with a few stipulations before they'll let me start the work.
Basically its a victorian end of terrace with a 4.8m wide plot of land at the side. 3.3m of this is for a garage and then a final 2m high wall to separate the rest of my land(by creating a passage way) to the public footpath.
the footpath is approxm 2m wide, and then there is a 3m wide tarmac'd section before the road. there is a horse chestnut tree in the centre of this tarmac, and it is the same height as the house.(15-20m??not a particularly tall house).
The council want to see a method statement that they are happy with that allows me to set my foundations without affecting the tree roots.
What foundations could be used that wouldn't affect the roots? as I reckon I'm going to have roots where i was hoping to lay some strip concrete foundations!
absolutely any advice or help would be appreciated, as this is something I've never come across.
Thanks.
Mark.
heres a picture. you can just see the tree to the right of the picture..
I've recently had my application reccommended by the council, with a few stipulations before they'll let me start the work.
Basically its a victorian end of terrace with a 4.8m wide plot of land at the side. 3.3m of this is for a garage and then a final 2m high wall to separate the rest of my land(by creating a passage way) to the public footpath.
the footpath is approxm 2m wide, and then there is a 3m wide tarmac'd section before the road. there is a horse chestnut tree in the centre of this tarmac, and it is the same height as the house.(15-20m??not a particularly tall house).
The council want to see a method statement that they are happy with that allows me to set my foundations without affecting the tree roots.
What foundations could be used that wouldn't affect the roots? as I reckon I'm going to have roots where i was hoping to lay some strip concrete foundations!
absolutely any advice or help would be appreciated, as this is something I've never come across.
Thanks.
Mark.
heres a picture. you can just see the tree to the right of the picture..