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to you and ones that you should avoid.To enable full compliance with the
new planning restrictions |
Traditional stone sets
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These products either need to be laid to falls away from buildings to
allow surface water to naturally drain, or they need to be laid professionally
to falls which, in turn, take surface water to an infiltration trench. |
Traditional concrete sets
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These products either need to be laid to falls away from buildings to
allow surface water to naturally drain, or they need to be laid professionally
to falls which, in turn, take surface water to an infiltration trench. |
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Gravel
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Should be laid professionally on an excavated surface,
hard core base compacted with a suitable stabilisation/separation membrane.Must
have a degree of edge resytraint in the form of raised edgings, brick
or concrete sets.
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Permeable paving
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Allows water to permeate through the paving, must be supplied
with a membrane and be professionally laid to avoid weed growth and sinkage. |
Grass pavers
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Laid on a pourus surface such as type 2 the load bearing plates
can contain gravel or turf, allowing the surface to be driven upon |
Infiltration method
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Infiltration trench laid under the paved surface, if installed
correctly this method is the most cost effective way of demonstrating sustainable
drainage. This method is perfectly acceptable when used in conjunction with
standard paver blocks or setts. |
Surfaces no longer suitable (Unless
full compliance with the planning restrictions are displayed). This would
mean that if the new surface, even if it is an overlay to existing, is
larger than 5 square metres the householder is responsible to show that
sustainable drainage is demonstrated in the form of stormwater crates
(infiltration), infiltration trenches etc. It is no longer acceptable
to run surface water to the existing gullies. As resin bonded stone driveways
rely on the 'cheaper' overlay to existing concrete driveways or tarmacaddum
driveways it is unlikely that planning permission would be granted and
our advice is to check with your local planning departement prior to engaging
a contractor to carry out this type of works. If you have been advised
against planning, our advice is strongly to check as retrospective disputes
can easily result in having to remove surfaces to comply.
Patterned imprinted concrete
Gravel overlays
Resin bonded stone overlays. Our advice of 25 years experience
is to avoid this product, just look at the Chevasse park in Liverpool
One. Only people have walked on this and it has had to be completely replaced
in one year and is lifting once again. |
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