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Looking to move percolation area?

  • 28-02-2010 6:51pm
    #1
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Can anyone suggest the quickest and cheapest way to move my percolation area.

    I understand I will have to apply for planning for this.

    Do I need to get the full report done or could I justs get a professional in to take the new P and T test readings and submit those to the planning office.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    country home
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭country home


    i was looking to do this after my stupid engineer just pick a spot to test without asking me where id think it should go, , ,understanding if there is only one spot it will work in, but i had multiple areas, , and she even told me that "well it can be moved a bit" so i let it go. . now im mid build, and a few months ago i looked in to moving it about 50 meters, she said id have to go in to the council, , , GRRRRRR. . i was fuming. . .mid build. .

    went to council, sat down, ya,, , , ya,, , looks fine, , , , dont see any problem, , , told me to reapply for planning to move it, 3 months wait for reply. . all work to stop on site while it was going through. . . . with common sense,, i got up and walked out.. . . Im putting the perc area where it was originally, even though it means digging around a sycamore tree which A, is about 200 yrs old. . this is a rough guess. .. and B. . . it was part of futher information (how was i going to protect the tree). . .lol. . .

    dont touch the tree. . but dig and lay pipes close to it. ..

    depends how desperate u are to move it.. . . id just flippin leave it. . . esp if u are mid build


  • #3
    darragh_haven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭darragh_haven


    I'd suggest to just dig out the percolation area where you want to. Put in the pipe, stone etc. back fill with topsoil and plant grass on it...

    I'm an architectural technician that has dealt with the planners and council over the years:mad: and if you want to finish your house build this decade, just do it and get it over with. the soil type is generally the same thro out the site, so there should be no problems.


  • #4
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    My site was in pretty bad shape when i first got planning, i have the house built now and improved the land conditions with drainage etc.

    I'm looking to move it about 15 metres so i can use a gravity system rather than pumping up to a percolation area.

    Country home did the planners say you'll need the full report done out again or a basic layout and P test and T test etc?


  • #5
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,550 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Thanks country home but there is a forum for that type of posting


  • #6
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,550 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    I'd suggest to just dig out the percolation area where you want to. Put in the pipe, stone etc. back fill with topsoil and plant grass on it...
    Thats a very stupid comment. Please read the forum charter before you post again


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  • #7
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,550 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    changes wrote: »
    Hi,

    Can anyone suggest the quickest and cheapest way to move my percolation area.

    I understand I will have to apply for planning for this.

    Do I need to get the full report done or could I justs get a professional in to take the new P and T test readings and submit those to the planning office.

    Thanks
    Yes you will have to apply for planning permission.

    Any application will have to be accompanied by a site assessment report. Depending on which county you are in you will either have to get the site assessment carried out privately or alternatively the local planning authority may provide this service.


  • #8
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    muffler wrote: »
    Yes you will have to apply for planning permission.

    Any application will have to be accompanied by a site assessment report. Depending on which county you are in you will either have to get the site assessment carried out privately or alternatively the local planning authority may provide this service.

    I'm in donegal, the prices i'm being quoted are quite high. If anyone knows of a qualfied person able to carry out the test could they PM me.

    I got a site assessment carried out in 2008 for my planning application, this contains all the details about the ground conditions etc.

    I'm just wondering if i could use these details and resubmit a new P test and T test for the new area of the site.


  • #9
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,550 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    What area (approx) of Donegal are you located in?


  • #10
    Moggaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    2 things. you will get permission. you need a new test done. Important thing is to ensure you have the proper percolation. you dont want to be goin back to this problem again


  • #11
    changes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭changes


    muffler wrote: »
    What area (approx) of Donegal are you located in?

    East donegal


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