My presumption so far was that all the other houses have septic tanks. OP says his site is small- so he would not have room for a septic tank system as the neighbours.When there was full planning on your site where on application did it state how you were to connect to services.? This would have to have been submitted with planning application.
Also why are you not seeking to connect to services at connection junction to current last house on laneway. In other words the house nearest your site.. Why would you need to feed from the start of the laneway?
A right-of-way allows you to pass over a piece of land, not dig it up for the placement or maintenance of utilities underneath.Would the creation of a brand new easement be necessary given the long-established legal right of way already in place?
The solicitor would have satisfied themselves in regards to access to the site, they would make no assessment on the suitability of the site for a self-contained treatment system amidst ever-increasing standards .Surely the solicitor who handled the site purchase would have flagged this potential issue to you?
I had assumed the same given the time frame suggested, was much easier put a simple tank on a small plot some years back.My presumption so far was that all the other houses have septic tanks.
Also the reason for the proliferation of one off houses in the country side, alot of these were built in the early 2000s. Another factor about septic tanks that are not widely known is that pollution in rural areas from septic tanks is regarded as agricultural pollution as the council has no way of distinguishing the pollution in the country side. Therefore agriculture gets unfairly blamed for pollution from septic tanks. On the other hand many farmers have sold those sites for those housesI had assumed the same given the time frame suggested, was much easier put a simple tank on a small plot some years back.
It's fair enough to associate elevated levels during slurry spreading season as agricultural run-off but you're right. Nearly half of the septic tanks inspected are failing.Also the reason for the proliferation of one off houses in the country side, alot of these were built in the early 2000s. Another factor about septic tanks that are not widely known is that pollution in rural areas from septic tanks is regarded as agricultural pollution as the council has no way of distinguishing the pollution in the country side.
Usually the pollution is from nutrient enrichment, too much nutrients not bacterial infection that is only important regarding water for drinking where the water is taken from. a river or lake and that is only a tiny subset of the total water. I remember in Galway there was boil water notices for months regarding water taken from lough corrib. Immediately the blame was put on agriculture but then when the dna testing on the e coli was done it was found to be from sewage release by the councils into the lake and septic tanks as Galway was a big culprit regarding allowing one off houses in countryis always possible to find out if the pollution comes from a septic tank or a slurry spreading farmer. The DNA make-up of human e-coli and e-coli coming from cattle is slightly different. This can be detected with special tests.
No, the planning merely had what seemed like standard enough wording that I needed to liase/contract with Irish Water re services and that the permission was not related to same yada yada..When there was full planning on your site where on application did it state how you were to connect to services.? This would have to have been submitted with planning application.
Also why are you not seeking to connect to services at connection junction to current last house on laneway. In other words the house nearest your site.. Why would you need to feed from the start of the laneway?
Another factor about septic tanks that are not widely known is that pollution in rural areas from septic tanks is regarded as agricultural pollution as the council has no way of distinguishing the pollution in the country side. Therefore agriculture gets unfairly blamed for pollution from septic tanks.
This had already been tried but because it's close to a council estate, 'Bull' was up in arms because he reckoned it would be a free for all for kids hanging around etc.There is one possible solution- and it would favour all parties involved:
Apply to the council to take over the road. It would be an all public road then. Talk to your local councillor about it. He could organize everything- like an assessment through a council engineer and a vote in the council chamber. It was done here- so it can be done other counties as as well.
One way of getting the council interested would be to get every house in your land connected to the sewer system and close down all the septic tanks of the other houses. Cleaner environment and all that stuff. And any councillor would be willing to take up the job because he/she would be interested in votes. Of course it will take time to get it done.
You could get all your service lines in for free if the council takes over the job because the involvement of all houses in the lane.