pond / reservoir construction

[boyo]

I have a wet piece of ground which we have recently purchased and am in the process of clearing. The land lends itself to a creating a large pond in the middle of the field.

How does somebody go about asking permission from the relevant bodies. What will I be able to get away with. It diesel have to be very deep as it's only for aesthetic purposes.

 

[Kevtherev]

You will need planning off your local authority or risk doing it without?

 

[boyo]

Anything regarding national assembly or river authority?

 

[Kevtherev]

Local planning authority I'd have thought?
If it's small I'd just do it without?

 

[Clear as Mud]

Have a look PCCs planning web page, you can search past applications. Type in reservoir in the type of proposal, there's a good example of what was submitted and got approved. Good luck with the project.

 

[7610 super q]

Abstraction licence probably, even if not using for irrigation.

 

[llamedos]

@dhilldwc may be able to point you in right direction

 

[Clear as Mud]

I think if you are impounding a stream to create a pond I think the NRW (EA) will need to be informed?...

 

[Blue.]

A crafty bugger I know of dug a pond one bank holiday weekend,he filled it with a pump from another pond,on Tuesday when he got a visit from the council he showed them the great crested newts he'd found in it

As far as I'm aware the pond is still there.

I was reported to the EA earlier in the year for filling a pond,nothing came of it as I had been draining nearby and it had dried up.

 

[Kevtherev]

EA? Don't you just love em eh

 

[multi power]

Just crack on. It's your name on the deeds after all

 

[boyo]

Thanks everyone, give the missus something to do this week

 

[David.]

Is she good with a spade then?

 

[pycoed]

It's not a pond, it's where the machine got bogged in a soft spot & had to dig itself clear

 

[theboytheboy]

We dug one in our woods. Planning authority spotted it and gave us a load of grief and wanted it filled in. We said OK. Then a pair of ducks dropped onto it and the bloke did a complete u turn.

 

[renewablejohn]

Your not creating a pond your creating a surge pool to alleviate flooding. Should be automatic approval from EA and once you have that the planners can go and whistle. Planners tried to kick up a fuss with me for reinstating a dam and creating a surge pool but because I already had approval from EA they did not have a leg to stand on. EA where very good with free leaflets on pond construction and design of outfalls etc.

 

[renewablejohn]

Abstraction licence probably, even if not using for irrigation.

Only if you abstract more than 20 m3 per day.

 

[David.]

I am told that if you involve the planners first, they will want proper drawings showing profiles and all, which may well cost as much as digging the thing.

 

[llamedos]

What happened to the millennium pond scheme? thought this was to encourage and to give financial help to those wanting to create ponds.

 

[RushesToo]

website and planning PDF here:
http://www.freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/projects/million-ponds/pond-creation-toolkit/
http://www.freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/planning-pond-creation.pdf