It's an absolute nightmare! I can't find anyone to do it and the council won't determine the application until I provide one. Surveys are not cheap, either.
Try Arbtech
The last time this site was partially flooded was back in 1953... I think much of the coast was flooded at the same time...
Here's the thing, George... the entire adjacent village (much of which was built in the past 20 yars, is in Zone 3 (defended coast)...so this is not setting any precedent. Dx
You're right there... my blood pressure is through the roof! Fine, if stressful, for those with spare cash, but when you're trying to do things on a state pension, you realise you're up against a brick wall. Dx
My previous property was close to a river and we flooded twice in the space of 6 months, back in 2001...luckily we had an upstairs! But with the high water table, the septic tank would often spill out... I was glad to sell in the end. DxYes, for residential development they're has been a requirement for "safe access and egress" for many years. That means not having to cross flood water, especially fast flowing water of ANY depth (just 6" of fast flowing water can take a fit adult of their feet).
I've seen some very creative solutions to that proposed in some places.....
What a ballache, but I guess the whole sorry mess is what keeps you in gainful employment as it is nigh on impossible for a layman to dip into on a one-off basis.
I thought Gove had been put incharge to drive forward the build build build mantra.
Something needs to be done , Gove could change things , he's a doer not a waffler .I thought Gove had been put incharge to drive forward the build build build mantra.
I have been to visit jobs where there were bats and the building was altered to allow the bats to still live there (bat friendly wall/roost etc etc).
Exactly, bats don;t mean you can't do anything, you just have to work with the ecologist to work a solution
In my opinion the Welsh Assembly seem to make a dogs dinner of everything they touch, when I used to look after apprentices we had to fulfil the same EU directive as the rest of the UK (on proof of identity, qualifications, employers address, permission to live in the UK etc), England made it a very simple job, we had to photocopy Birth Certificate, GCSE Certificates, NI Number letter etc and often the apprentices who came from a chaotic background did not have these forms available. You may all say, ah easy to find the paperwork for your children, however quite a few apprentices have chaotic backgrounds and it can be quite difficult for them. I am guessing the same bureaucratic mindset has been used in setting up the planning system! The worst words I could ever hear are "it is good practice to ........"
Does the same apply to newts?
Newts can be more difficult as you need to protect the development site so they don't encroach, you need to relocate any within the development boundary before work starts, they may even insist on a watching brief during the works.
I do hope you have PP for that wall
I think with 300,000 houses needed every year, we are definitely going to see more houses being built in the countryside. My area has no available building land at all and develoment is being carried out on greenbelt farmland, much of which is in a flood zone... It's not ideal. In a small country, we should be trying to keep as much farmland as possible to feed ourselves. Yet LPAs make it very difficult for people who have brownfield sites ... It makes no sense at all...
I have only bat boxes...but they are attached to a building that the LPA may enforce demolition of. They are telling me to get an ecology report during a time where the (summer roosting) bats are unlikely to be in situ.
I wonder if that just the Great Crested newts... or are all newts protected...? Dx
