Advice On Build Over Agreements With Yw

[mburke 0]

Considering a rear extension to my property. It looks like we have a public combined sewer to the rear of the property which would be beneath the proposed extension. Has anyone had any experience with Yorkshire Water and getting a build over agreement? Was it easy to do? Difficult? Meant you could not extend?

[ab6262 202]

fairly straightforward as long as there is access both sides of any extension, i.e manholes either side so the sewer could be rodded if necessary. its a simple form online, its worth getting a cctv inspection before you build over it to check for any damage or cracks.

[Guest makapaka]

1 hour ago, mburke said:

Considering a rear extension to my property. It looks like we have a public combined sewer to the rear of the property which would be beneath the proposed extension. Has anyone had any experience with Yorkshire Water and getting a build over agreement? Was it easy to do? Difficult? Meant you could not extend?

we had a manhole in the centre of our new extension - we had to move it up to the boundary of our property.

 

cost about £300 for the application and someone had to come out and sign off the new manhole constructed by the builder which formed part of that fee. 

[mburke 0]

Thanks both for your responses. It's hard to know how standard these things are as problems. If its something people have experienced and not really had an issue, then that's great. 

[forgeman 18]

I know of someone who built a conservatory over a manhole without contacting YW. Years later when we had a lot of rain it flooded the conservatory and ruined everything.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Building-Over Agreements usually retain easements (rights) for YW to gain access to its underlying pipes etc.