hi, i've got a drainage system in my garden that has a couple of trenches with stones and they all end up in a soakaway. The soakaway gets overfilled from time to time, and I was wondering if I could build a connection from that soakaway (small surface trench with stones) that would dispose the rain water to my driveway (ouside of my fence). Water would then end up going down the driveway and to the street where there's a water entry point anyway. Are there any regulations preventing me to do that? Another option would be to connect the overflow to the rain water system pipe, but that's a lot of digging, and moving paving etc. I'd rather not do it. Cheers,
To the best of my knowledge there shouldn't be any problem and you are allowed to discharge surface water onto neighbouring land/property at which point it becomes someone else's problem I believe. It does make you question however whether the soakaway is large enough?
it's about a meter deep and 1x0.5m wide. quite big. however last rain season it was still making it wet all over. Would it be possible that it's because it's clay all over in my garden? btw. i've came across this found it here: http://www.pavingexpert.com/drain01.htm can you comment on that too? oh btw. i live in Scotland if that makes any difference
A lot will depend on where you are in the UK. They tightened the rules up in England a few years ago and in Wales they are really strict with the implementation of new building control standards and the "rainscape" initiative. Down here any SUDS scheme must be 5m from a property and 2.5m from a boundary. I would contact your local Building Control Office to see what the local guidelines are.
anyone has any SUDS guidelines or regulations at hand, so I can read carefully? EDIT: I found this: https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/21904...f-sustainable-urban-drainage-systems-suds.pdf Page 4 states this: any suggestions now?
Yes and no. There are many existing properties - two of mine included that have historically discharged water into the highway. These are not affected by the changes. All new work has to be compliant with the different building control schemes in the area.
It is area specific, England, Scotland, NI and Wales have different requirements. Your best bet is to contact your local building control department. They will be more than happy to discuss your [problem and won't descend on you wagging their fingers