In accordance with Part H4 of Schedule 1 of the 2010 Construction Code, SI 2010/2214, the agreement of the wastewater distributor is required for construction by public sewers. These are both dirt and surface water sewers. If a public sewer works underground, the homeowner cannot build on or within three metres of the sewer line without the consent of the wastewater collector. This consent is the Build Over Agreement. Consent is required before work begins and may be refused. A construction agreement allows the water company to ensure that the work to be carried out will not adversely affect the underlying sewers and ensures that the water company continues to have sufficient access to the canal for repair and maintenance. If you plan to build nearby or via a public sewer, you should contact the water company before carrying out the work to determine its needs. This potential risk is problematic if the winter garden was built before July 1, 2011. There is also a violation of legal easing.
Some sanitation companies suggest that they may adopt a relaxed attitude if the work has been carried out in accordance with building permits and pipeline protection measures. There are two solutions: if the winter garden was recently built without a construction agreement, the same sanctions and solutions are available. It should be noted that if the winter garden requires approval of the building rules, then the construction inspector may require to see a construction agreement before the construction is signed. It is almost impossible to obtain information from the water service to confirm whether the building permit should have been issued or whether the sewers were previously private and were transferred following the transfer of the private canals regulation in 2011. This makes it difficult to satisfy a commercial lender that was not necessary to reach an agreement. A commercial lender must ensure that, in a situation where a sewer contractor needs access to a sewerage system located under land, the work does not affect the value of the property and the security of the bank, and there must be some certainty as to the liability of a legal minor to repair the damage in the absence of a formal construction agreement. Risks covered: the cost of reintroducing the property in the event that access to the flow/channel is required to carry out repair work, and the increased costs incurred by the water service to carry out repairs to the drain/sewer caused by the location of the land by the canal and which the Authority seeks to recover from the insured. According to the 2010 building code, Scheme 1, Part H4, the agreement of a legal undertaker is required for construction work on a public sewer. When “public pollution channels” and “public surface water channels” pass underground, an owner of such land cannot build on or within the distribution line of such a channel without the approval of the regional wastewater operator. This is called “Build over Consent” or “Building over Agreement.” Such an agreement allows the legal undertaker to access the sewers for maintenance purposes.