A what if regarding septic tank issues

SuperS54

Not sure if this is more suited here or in legal, guessing someone here may have dealt with this in the past.

Hypothetically ~ bungalow in country area, built in the 70's on half acre site with septic tank. Upon inspection to new regulations it's found that the system does not meet modern requirements. Soak tests indicate no where on the property is suitable, however the agricultural land surrounding the property meets requirements. If the land owner was approached however steadfastly refused permission regardless of compensation, what options does the householder have?

Continue to use the existing setup until the fines become too much or eviction?

Have to abandon the property?

Some sort of compulsory purchase type action to force access to surrounding lands?

BryanF

Would you like this moved to legal? As we won't be discussing breaking the planning/ waste water act in this forum.

SuperS54

BryanF wrote: »

Would you like this moved to legal? As we won't be discussing breaking the planning/ waste water act in this forum.

No intention of discussing breaking laws, it's a hypothetical question...The reason is that I know of a house where the septic tank had to replaced due to an issue, just wondering what would happen if sufficient or suitable ground wasn't available...

Penn

SuperS54 wrote: »

Not sure if this is more suited here or in legal, guessing someone here may have dealt with this in the past.

Hypothetically ~ bungalow in country area, built in the 70's on half acre site with septic tank. Upon inspection to new regulations it's found that the system does not meet modern requirements. Soak tests indicate no where on the property is suitable, however the agricultural land surrounding the property meets requirements. If the land owner was approached however steadfastly refused permission regardless of compensation, what options does the householder have?

Continue to use the existing setup until the fines become too much or eviction?

Have to abandon the property?

Some sort of compulsory purchase type action to force access to surrounding lands?

If nowhere on the land is suitable for a standard system, there are other wastewater treatment systems available. Raised Bed Percolation Area, Soil Polishing Filters, Reed Bed systems etc.

I'd be amazed if none of these other secondary/tertiary systems worked yet the neighbouring land is suitable. Either way, compulsory purchase orders are used by local authorities for infrastructure, not for this type of scenario.

Bonzo Delaney

Plenty of options available even though a gravity fed tank and percolation area might not be suitable to that particular plot of land
With a half acre site there should be loads of room to put in raised percolation beds like a previous poster mentioned or else excavate ,drain the area and re fill with suitable material if the pumped route wasn't to your liking
It's a costly process engage a suitable engineer to oversee and advise.