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Hi everyone, i'm new to posting here but have been using the boards for research for a long time.
Yes you read the title correctly. My neighbour has decided to build a house on a landlocked site behind my property. My wife and I intend on objecting to planning but we are trying to establish our first observation on the development and if the planning authoruty will take it into account.
The story:
Trial holes and perolation test were initially done and failed due to the soil composition being of clay and with very poor percolation. The holes were dug randomely around two feilds comprising of about 3 acres to find the most suitable site.
My neighbour then hired a second assessor to carry out tests. This time it was a woman (nothing wrong with that) but what baffles me is that she dug shallow holes (P test) next to a slurry pit where manure had been dumped 10-15 years previously.
On first glance the ground looks normal and part of the feild but it is in fact manure to a depth of at least 600mm. My understanding is that
a P test is carried out trial holes less than 400mm deep.
My neighbour even went to the bother of covering the holes overnight in case of rain to ensure the test got passed.
This sounds like the assessor was paid off to pass the test and turn a blind eye. Im pretty confident the 'hole' thing 'stinks'
I intend on objecting to the planning application and
my question is this: Should the percolation test have been passed given the composition of the soil being farmyard manure and due to its close proximity to a slurry pit and farm buildings?
Im sure there wil be more questions than answers as our situation is alot more complicated than I have stated so far.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Engage
Yes you read the title correctly. My neighbour has decided to build a house on a landlocked site behind my property. My wife and I intend on objecting to planning but we are trying to establish our first observation on the development and if the planning authoruty will take it into account.
The story:
Trial holes and perolation test were initially done and failed due to the soil composition being of clay and with very poor percolation. The holes were dug randomely around two feilds comprising of about 3 acres to find the most suitable site.
My neighbour then hired a second assessor to carry out tests. This time it was a woman (nothing wrong with that) but what baffles me is that she dug shallow holes (P test) next to a slurry pit where manure had been dumped 10-15 years previously.
On first glance the ground looks normal and part of the feild but it is in fact manure to a depth of at least 600mm. My understanding is that
a P test is carried out trial holes less than 400mm deep.
My neighbour even went to the bother of covering the holes overnight in case of rain to ensure the test got passed.
This sounds like the assessor was paid off to pass the test and turn a blind eye. Im pretty confident the 'hole' thing 'stinks'
I intend on objecting to the planning application and
my question is this: Should the percolation test have been passed given the composition of the soil being farmyard manure and due to its close proximity to a slurry pit and farm buildings?
Im sure there wil be more questions than answers as our situation is alot more complicated than I have stated so far.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Engage