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Do I need Planning Permission?
From 1st October 2008 a submission for Planning Permission will be required for Impermeable Surfaces, like Pattern Imprinted Concrete. This is due to the fact that it is now a requirement to prevent the Stormwater Drain System in the road and eventually the rivers from being unnecessairly over filled when there is heavy rainfall.
HOWEVER!
It is our jobs to meet your requirments and the requirements of the local council. Therefore, providing we make our best effort to drain away accumulated rainwater on a driveway, we install, into the sub soils below, PLANNING PERMISSION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. We use soakaways and draining to the garden already as standard practice. It is only on sites with particularly poor drainage that we would need to make use of storm drains.
Our site surveyor will look at all options in order to make sure that all drainage requirements are met. It is on rare occasions that there may be no option but to apply for planning permission. This is nothing to worry about as we will assist you in applying. Why foresake having a beautiful Pattern Imprinted Concrete drive, along with its advantages, over other forms of paving! Planning permission takes about 8 weeks only to complete.
It is our job to meet your requirements and the requirments of the local council