Hello all,
Hopefully this is in the right topic area!
My neighbours have just had planning permission for an extension approved however today a pipe burst in their garden. They turned off what they thought to be a stop cock for the pipe which actually happened to be the one for our water supply (and the pipe).
The leakage has been fixed however they are saying that the pipes and stockcock need to be re-routed and laid from the main road into our property which makes complete sense but is obviously going to be very expensive and is not a necessity.
Only thing is the neighbours have recently been given planning permission to build over the stop cock and said pipes. Am I right in thinking that it would be illegal to build over a working stopcock? And that if they wanted to go ahead with the extension that they would be the ones who would have to pay to reroute our pipes?
Any advice would be much appriciated as Im not really sure where we stand.
Many thanks
Hopefully this is in the right topic area!
My neighbours have just had planning permission for an extension approved however today a pipe burst in their garden. They turned off what they thought to be a stop cock for the pipe which actually happened to be the one for our water supply (and the pipe).
The leakage has been fixed however they are saying that the pipes and stockcock need to be re-routed and laid from the main road into our property which makes complete sense but is obviously going to be very expensive and is not a necessity.
Only thing is the neighbours have recently been given planning permission to build over the stop cock and said pipes. Am I right in thinking that it would be illegal to build over a working stopcock? And that if they wanted to go ahead with the extension that they would be the ones who would have to pay to reroute our pipes?
Any advice would be much appriciated as Im not really sure where we stand.
Many thanks