anyone know

amaughan

do you need planning permission to dig trenches like two foot deep

amaughan

for an airsoft site

Puding

normally if you have permission from the land owner your only restriction could be from there insurance company, i know we where restricted to a set depth with are current insurance at cork

amaughan

Puding wrote: »

normally if you have permission from the land owner your only restriction could be from there insurance company, i know we where restricted to a set depth with are current insurance at cork

around what dept where you guys set.thanks man

TheDoc

I was wondering why there wasnt more trenches at sites :P

tonky

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

I was wondering why there wasnt more trenches at sites :P

Probably something to do with our wonderful weather. FFS I can't believe it's starting to rain AGAIN grrrr. Also a bit hairy for noobs & night games I would have thought....
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Fyr.Fytr

Yea id say insurance would be the main thing, but with the weather as is, going over awrkward in the mud will do the same damage as a trench. But dont tell them i said that lol

Chuck the Buck

You should also check with the planning manager (or whatever they're called) in your county as you may need permission depending on what you're doing. But I'd say the biggest problem would be your insurer not taking a like to the massive increase in risk caused by a dirty great hole in the ground.

amaughan

Chuck the Buck wrote: »

You should also check with the planning manager (or whatever they're called) in your county as you may need permission depending on what you're doing. But I'd say the biggest problem would be your insurer not taking a like to the massive increase in risk caused by a dirty great hole in the ground.

ah well we are talking about 2 feet here ha plus they would have a rope handrail just for viability.thanks for the feed back guys

DavDav

amaughan wrote: »

ah well we are talking about 2 feet here ha plus they would have a rope handrail just for viability.thanks for the feed back guys

Jeasus ye puttin trenchs in? Be like WW1 with the machne guns firein and the like. Where's the place gonna be and when ye ready to set up? Me and some of the lads ben waiting

amaughan

DavDav wrote: »

Jeasus ye puttin trenchs in? Be like WW1 with the machne guns firein and the like. Where's the place gonna be and when ye ready to set up? Me and some of the lads ben waiting

ask in the sac thread dont wanna go off topic.its really just an idea and would be good for moving across open areas without bein seen.

Ghostwarrior

One was dug at the old hrta in swords... that was a propper fire tench so 4 odd feet deep and 8-9 long. even had overhead protection... it was collapsed onto itself when the site moved so im sure its fine now. i never knew that planning permission was required or even heard of it...

why you ask?

irishlostboy

couple of pointers on trenches in non-war environments (sorry, this includes airsoft)
i did some work in archeology years ago. there were pretty strict rules regards digging trenches. i was curious as to why naturally enough. it was explained to me like this;
when standing in a two foot trench, all is fine if it collapses. you will maybe get pushed over, but probably buried only to your knees. if you are down on your knees (as you are in archeology a lot. you get a very small trowel to work with) and it collapses, you are 100% ****ed. it would be ditto in airsoft. what i would suggest is make sure verticle walled trenches are shored up and maintained by people who really know what they are doing, and any other trenches should be as shallow as possible.
sorry if this does not address the question asked directly. just wanted to throw that out there for the sake of safety. hope it is helpful.

MacAonghusa

amaughan wrote: »

ah well we are talking about 2 feet here ha plus they would have a rope handrail just for viability.thanks for the feed back guys

Nothing wrong with throwing a few sandbags in front of the trench to provide more cover. IMO.