Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 16, 2013 4:22 pm Ive got my plans done and submitted to council for a 2-storey home with a inground swimming pool. My rear neighbour is proposing to put a 1.2m stormwater drainage easement right down the side fence of my property. It will be a 150mm drainage PVC pipe and the depth is unknown. My plans show a 900mm side setback for the 2 storey house on both sides of my plans. My pool is 1m away from the fence. These setbacks complt with Council regs. Questions to y'all are: 1)Can I still accommodate this 1.2 easement? 2) I have heard you cannot build right up to the easement (outer edge) as the footings need to be dug deeper than the easement and at least 1 m away from the easement. Is this true?How close to this easement can you TRULY build? 3) Does the fact that our house will be stories, ie have eaves at the 2nd floor level mean that we will not be able to build adjacent to the easement ie right on the 1.2m edge? 4) What is your experience with building next to a stormwater easement? Were special footings required? Was piering required? 5) Can a swimming pool go adajcent to an easement? What is the usual setback from a pool edge? 6) What is the usual depth of a 150mm 1.2m SW drainage easement? Any info/advice would be greatly appreciated. Re: Easements are allowed in 900mm setback? 2Jun 16, 2013 4:47 pm Are you sure it's your neighbour proposing to put in a stormawter easement? Easements are normally set by councils and/re public utilities such as power and water suppliers. If there's an easement on your block it's probably nothing to do with your neighbours and more to do with the authorities. Re: Easements are allowed in 900mm setback? 3Jun 16, 2013 4:59 pm Yes neighbour is proposing the easment as they are the upstream property and they plan to do a development on it. they are proposing it as it is the cheaper solution for drainage. can anyone answer my qns below? Re: Easements are allowed in 900mm setback? 4Jun 16, 2013 5:45 pm If the neighbour wants an easement over your land they have to ask you for it and pay for the benefit. If the pipe and easement is all in their land you can build as close to the boundary as the council's building setbacks regulations allow. Eaves are allowed to project into a setback. See this link(http://www.anewhouse.com.au/?p=423 )to show how to build close to a pipe in an easement The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Easements are allowed in 900mm setback? 5Jun 16, 2013 6:05 pm Thanks bashworth. I actually dont want the easement on my land but want to know if it was in anyway possible to have it within the 900mm setback. I have inspected your link, but am having difficulty understanding "zone of influence". In a 1.2m easement, nothing can be built in this width. But, HOW MUCH DISTANCE from the easement boundary can the footings go if the pipe is 600mm deep? Thankyou Re: Easements are allowed in 900mm setback? 6Jun 16, 2013 6:21 pm If the pipe is 600mm deep in a 1.2m easement the zone of influence is all within the easement. That means a foundation at the edge of the easement can be at existing ground level. If the pipe was say 1m deep a foundation at the edge of the easement would need to be 400mm below existing ground level to be safe. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. My daughter and son in law are about to start building, they are having a 600mm induction cook top and 900mm oven. It's personal preferance 5 10868 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8451 This was on google. Development controls 2.3.1 Front setback D1 New buildings within residential areas shall adhere to a front building line, which is 5.5-6m to the… 1 3666 |