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Howdy Folks...
I've been browsing through this sub forum and have found some really helpful posts concerning my issue.
myself & my partner are now contemplating applying for a 3rd time to the council for planning.
At this stage, I have already been accepted for local needs, access, house design, etc...
But in the last refusal my site's soil test went against me.
The site itself can be sometimes a little wet, but I would put this down to improper and neglected drains that border the field at either end.
I got a soil test done on it last year and it recorded a
P-Value of 35 and it's T Value was 81.
However the eng. decided only to do one drop on the T as it possibly would have gone above 90 if 2 were tested.
This was noticed by the planner who decided to fail it on the basis, it more than likely would have went over 90 if 2 drops were done.
The frustrating thing is that none of this was even mentioned in my first application!
however in my 2nd app, the planner deemed this to be a fail.
We are proposing to install a BAF wastewater treatment system, which I believe doesn't even require a huge amount of soakage?
It was also noted by the percolation eng.s that we would import soil and carry out all essential site works if planning is granted.
This app was in Meath, who's CoCo don't essentially stick with present EPA guidelines, but rather have their own standards (requiring a t value of under 50)
Anyway we have decided to give this another shot....
This time digging, deepening and rejuvenating the 2 drains and hope we get some sort of dry weather, to dry out the site as much as possible.
Then carry out another soil test and see what result we can achieve.
The field is pretty much flat, a little bit low off the road and both drains are in poor condition...
How well do you think baisc site works could help the t value down to a more acceptable <50 score?
Has anyone any advice they can shed on this scenario?
We were contemplating getting the whole site properly ploughed, drained, etc... but it was believed that this might take alot of time, money, etc...
and it might be just as good to at least get the drains in working order again.
(I will add the soil testers advised on inspection they appeared to be in poor condition)
Also... I'd imagine every field in the country is suffering from water logging at this point with our sh!te weather, surely the councils are aware of this??
anyhow: Thanks in advance.
I'm really just trying to gain as much info on the subject as possible.
We've put our life on hold for the past 20 months niggling at the council, to try come this far... I really wanna make this 3rd time lucky!!
I've been browsing through this sub forum and have found some really helpful posts concerning my issue.
myself & my partner are now contemplating applying for a 3rd time to the council for planning.
At this stage, I have already been accepted for local needs, access, house design, etc...
But in the last refusal my site's soil test went against me.
The site itself can be sometimes a little wet, but I would put this down to improper and neglected drains that border the field at either end.
I got a soil test done on it last year and it recorded a
P-Value of 35 and it's T Value was 81.
However the eng. decided only to do one drop on the T as it possibly would have gone above 90 if 2 were tested.
This was noticed by the planner who decided to fail it on the basis, it more than likely would have went over 90 if 2 drops were done.
The frustrating thing is that none of this was even mentioned in my first application!
however in my 2nd app, the planner deemed this to be a fail.
We are proposing to install a BAF wastewater treatment system, which I believe doesn't even require a huge amount of soakage?
It was also noted by the percolation eng.s that we would import soil and carry out all essential site works if planning is granted.
This app was in Meath, who's CoCo don't essentially stick with present EPA guidelines, but rather have their own standards (requiring a t value of under 50)
Anyway we have decided to give this another shot....
This time digging, deepening and rejuvenating the 2 drains and hope we get some sort of dry weather, to dry out the site as much as possible.
Then carry out another soil test and see what result we can achieve.
The field is pretty much flat, a little bit low off the road and both drains are in poor condition...
How well do you think baisc site works could help the t value down to a more acceptable <50 score?
Has anyone any advice they can shed on this scenario?
We were contemplating getting the whole site properly ploughed, drained, etc... but it was believed that this might take alot of time, money, etc...
and it might be just as good to at least get the drains in working order again.
(I will add the soil testers advised on inspection they appeared to be in poor condition)
Also... I'd imagine every field in the country is suffering from water logging at this point with our sh!te weather, surely the councils are aware of this??
anyhow: Thanks in advance.
I'm really just trying to gain as much info on the subject as possible.
We've put our life on hold for the past 20 months niggling at the council, to try come this far... I really wanna make this 3rd time lucky!!