http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: paving flooding garden - Recent Posts en Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315825 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:36:48 +0000 davidsonsdave 315825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of my neighbors has the plastic mesh filled with gravel type of system (which appears to be a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permeable-surfacing-of-front-gardens-guidance">suggested option</a> for permeable surfacing). We have heavy clay in our gardens but his drive doesn't appear to have a problem. </p> <p>His only problem is that he chose a light coloured gravel which doesn't age well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315809 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:39:11 +0000 chdot 315809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“I live on a swamp”</p> <p>Got a pond?</p> <p>Willows will thrive.</p> <p>Will all improve biodiversity and suck up a bit of water.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/Nature_recovery_network_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/Nature_recovery_network_final.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315805 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:23:31 +0000 steveo 315805@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My drive (was paved before I moved in) is in a terrible state probably done on the cheap and not up to a heavy car. </p> <p>I've been planning on replacing it with a plastic base you fill with gravel, but given I live on a swamp and my back garden floods after a bit of drizzle I'm not sure how much benefit there is in making it permeable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315802 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:17:22 +0000 chdot 315802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ENews version</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburghs-urban-creep-flood-risk-15-football-pitches-worth-green-land-lost-each-year-conservatories-driveways-and-patios-814612" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburghs-urban-creep-flood-risk-15-football-pitches-worth-green-land-lost-each-year-conservatories-driveways-and-patios-814612</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315760 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:32:47 +0000 Baldcyclist 315760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Different views on whether the cars are better on, or off the street.</p> <p>We're lucky enough to have space for 6 or 7 cars and have plant things.</p> <p>I guess the neighbors are happy when the clan comes round that there aren't 5 cars in the street. Pavement parking an issue where we live.</p> <p>Our drive drains pretty quickly. Confess I always wondered why it wasn't cemented together, regs above clear that up.</p> <p>My house is on what was a lorry carpark in a factory complex, so no guilt over taking up land. Sometimes SEPA are called when the red mud comes up in the estate, but luckily not happened round my way yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315758 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:02:12 +0000 davidsonsdave 315758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to the <a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2016/06/guidance-householder-permitted-development-rights-9781780456836/documents/00502133-pdf/00502133-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/00502133.pdf?forceDownload=true">permitted development guidance</a>:<br /> "4.101<br /> If the hard surface is located between the dwellinghouse and a road, then it <strong>must</strong> be constructed of a porous material <strong>or</strong> that provision is made for surface water run off to be directed to a porous area within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse."</p> <p>I think that this is a very recent change as I was looking at this recently and it said that unless it was porous it needed planning permission, something that close neighbours haven't got for thier hideous concreted front gardens. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315752 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:13:46 +0000 Rosie 315752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Paving front gardens for parking yer air-poisoner makes me furious. The trend for paving in gardens generally makes me furious. I live on a flood plain, and the neighbours go and pave their garden. I've been getting rid of the slabs in my garden to grow plants (what gardens were invented for, you pillocks).</p> <p>This has been a stealth herbicide happening all over Edinburgh. </p> <p>"“An area of Edinburgh the size of nine football pitches is being lost each year to urban creep, a study has found.</p> <p>This happens when green spaces such as gardens are covered over, either by paving or home extensions.<br /> Urban creep can cause problems because it reduces the amount of open land which can absorb rain water, putting extra pressure on drains.</p> <p>It is hoped the study, the first of its kind in Scotland, will help with future flood management planning.</p> <p>Researchers studying aerial images found that 11 hectares of green land in the capital is being lost annually, more than six hectares of it through urban creep.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50013718" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50013718</a> </p>