Closing a dyke.

[snipe]

We have a small dyke between 2 small fields that I’m thinking of piping and filling in. It has a small spring feeding it and 1 inlet from a drain. Do I need any permission or have to notify any authorities.

 

[nick...]

Another case of jfdi.if you start asking permissions you will end up with a load of grief and cost.just use a big enough pipe
Nick...

 

[Err0l]

I know I guy who piped 20 yards and a dog walker complained. Long story short they looked on Google earth to prove he had piped it and they made him dig it back out. So jfdi but don't get caught [emoji6]

 

[nick...]

Google maps can be a big help aswell as a hindrance.cant hide nothing these days.
Nick...

 

[stroller]

Do it a bit at a time, allow the filled in bit to grow crops/weeds each time.

 

[snipe]

Plan was to Jfdi, just like to know where I stand beforehand and see what had happened with other people. Plus I just seen how much pipe is, don’t want to be digging that back up.

 

[betweenthelines]

Good God man, who the hell do you think you are? Live and let live, this is the 21st Century As if Ann Widdecombe wasn't bad enough! What? Oh, you mean a ditch! Sorry, totally misunderstood the title of the thread.

 

[snipe]

Thought the thread would get more view if I used the word dyke rather than ditch.

 

[Pond digger]

Thought the thread would get more view if I used the word dyke rather than ditch.

I know I guy who piped 20 yards and a dog walker complained. Long story short they looked on Google earth to prove he had piped it and they made him dig it back out. So jfdi but don't get caught [emoji6]

Who made him dig it back out, and why? Ordinarily, I’m inclined to think it’s no body else’s business, but there are many possible issues to consider.

 

[thesilentone]

If its on your land, it's your ditch, however take care to find where all the old drains are tapped into it.

 

[Turnip_Head]

Here in Notts they have 'Hiking Dykes'

T-nip

 

[davidroberts30]

 

[deleted user 837354]

There never was no ditch or spring. What you had there was a water leak....

 

[Matt L]

It’s actually not that hard to get approval to fill in a ditch. It is an application to the county council flood and water management team. Very easy form to fill out and a few FOC site visits, if you add flourished margins elsewhere or plant new hedges or woodland corners etc they will think it is a positive move.

 

[thesilentone]

It’s actually not that hard to get approval to fill in a ditch. It is an application to the county council flood and water management team. Very easy form to fill out and a few FOC site visits, if you add flourished margins elsewhere or plant new hedges or woodland corners etc they will think it is a positive move.

Since when did you need permission? We piped a ditch years ago, we contacted the Council first who's response was " do what you want. its your ditch, our only comment is to advise you specify the correct pipe size". When we asked for their specification, they suggested 6", we installed a 10" pipe. Soon after the local road flooded, so we called them, they visited and asked if we'd piped their road drain in, we said " what road drain" . They came and dug up where the road drain was piped into the ditch, and repaired it (at their cost).

 

[Matt L]

Always need council approval round here and have for the last 8 years that I certainly know of

 

[thesilentone]

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/who-owns-the-ditch-on-the-side-of-a-b-road.84610/

 

[Err0l]

Who made him dig it back out, and why? Ordinarily, I’m inclined to think it’s no body else’s business, but there are many possible issues to consider.

I'm not entirely sure as this was 7 years ago now but I presume the environment agency