classic33
Leg End Member
Section 148 of the Highways Act 1980 makes it an offence to deposit mud etc. on the highway that would interrupt other users of the highway.
When a building site is causing disruption; what can you do?
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subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Control of pollution act also . Section 61 deals with noise . The planning application will have specified operation hours , every alteration to this needs to be approved by the local authors environmental health dept. if the developer ignores they breach planning and the development can be stopped.
Levo-Lon
Guru
ive spent hrs cleaning roads after diggers and lorries have made a mess..you can get nicked and fined if you dont.
I know this might be hard to get agreement on but block the road. As in stands there and don't let them through. That sort of action works. Need a decent amount of volunteers though. The same applies to everything else they do. Disruption cost them money. They are cutting corners to save money so make it more expensive to do that.
classic33
Leg End Member
Any time there's a health scare, farmers and anyone else in the area will start clearing up after themselves. 2001 Foot and Mouth proved that on a nationwide basis.
classic33
Leg End Member
[QUOTE 4022965, member: 76"]I guess defining this is the issue. The mess on the roads round here would clog the Magistrates for months! Probably less easy to get a farmer prosecuted than a building company?[/QUOTE]
Rock hidden in the mud, or go sliding on it. Two ways in which it can affect you.
Rock hidden in the mud, or go sliding on it. Two ways in which it can affect you.
Thanks for all the really useful responses on here.
The problems we had/have for our house and our next door neighbours are affecting us right away and they only began building on Monday this week but the first new house will be less than 100 feet from the end of my garden. Closer than that to next door so on the one hand, we get the noise/pollution/blocked driveways early on so according to their schedule (which I have a copy of) will be finished in May so in reality, probably August. They're having to dig drains right now before they put the service road on top. The head of the digging company promised me to my face that he wouldn't block my driveway or the road but that's exactly what he's doing with a huge digger right now. We explained that my wife is a senior nurse and regularly needs access to get ventilation equipment and dialysis packs for sick children in the area and were assured that she wouldn't be inconvenienced but right now (8.03am) she can't get off the driveway with the life-saving gear until they've put down a temporary bridge to get the digger on to the land they're digging up. But if she parks on the road, that will block their access which they warned us not to do! Some people were threatening to park either side of the road to prevent access but they claimed they had every right to get the police involved if such activities occurred!
It's a bit of a mess right now and it's only going to get worse!
Please keep sending me advice and tips though; all are welcome.
The problems we had/have for our house and our next door neighbours are affecting us right away and they only began building on Monday this week but the first new house will be less than 100 feet from the end of my garden. Closer than that to next door so on the one hand, we get the noise/pollution/blocked driveways early on so according to their schedule (which I have a copy of) will be finished in May so in reality, probably August. They're having to dig drains right now before they put the service road on top. The head of the digging company promised me to my face that he wouldn't block my driveway or the road but that's exactly what he's doing with a huge digger right now. We explained that my wife is a senior nurse and regularly needs access to get ventilation equipment and dialysis packs for sick children in the area and were assured that she wouldn't be inconvenienced but right now (8.03am) she can't get off the driveway with the life-saving gear until they've put down a temporary bridge to get the digger on to the land they're digging up. But if she parks on the road, that will block their access which they warned us not to do! Some people were threatening to park either side of the road to prevent access but they claimed they had every right to get the police involved if such activities occurred!
It's a bit of a mess right now and it's only going to get worse!
Please keep sending me advice and tips though; all are welcome.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
That might be no bad thing.
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
After many years of wanting to build the houses, what was different this time around that they got the go ahead? Someone get a backhander?
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
And after its all built, imagine the increase in traffic, the rush at local supermarket and so on.
Spinney
Bimbleur extraordinaire
- Location
- Back up north
If it's anything like a development in our village that South Glos used as a test case (and sadly lost), if the developers can show that the local authority does not have sufficient houses planned/in the process of being built in all the ongoing developments in their area to meet the 5-year housing supply figures set by the government, that fact can over-ride all sorts of protests on the grounds of environment, sustainability etc.
(Never mind the 'land-banks' most developers are keeping up their sleeves....)
[Goes off to calm down before disrupting the thread with a rant about Tory planning rules set up for the benefit of developers....]
Mugshot
Cracking a solo.
It rocks!
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Get your car valeted every week and send them the bill.
Indeed.
"Sorry officer but I have an important appointment this afternoon and couldn't risk being blocked on my drive as happens daily."
