North Devon Council Drainage
A sudden storm or downpour can often result in more water on the road than our gullies or ditches can cope with.
North devon council drainage. Public surface water sewers. Have your say on highway maintenance in devon complete our public satisfaction survey now. Sorry if you have been trying to call us using our business rates number this morning thursday 16 april we have had a few problems with our phone line please call our customer services number instead and we will be able to help 01271 327711. We are working with relevant partners to ensure the best solutions are implemented by developing a greater understanding of the needs across the county.
North devon council can provide general advice on septic tanks and cesspools but more specific advice should be obtained from a drainage contractor or the environment agency. Alternatively take a look at our help and support page where we ve brought together the answers to our most commonly asked questions. Wildlife trigger list this must accompany every application. Search track and comment on applications find and track an application use our planning tracker to find an application track its progress and if in the consultation period make a comment about it.
Foul drainage assessment form this is needed for applications where connection to a public sewer is not feasible commercially sensitive confidential material form form to indicate material that is considered commercially sensitive or confidential. Listed below are additional forms that you may need to provide with your application. Enter your postcode to go to your council s website for more information. Information alerts business rates phone line.
Surface water drainage the road gullies are the responsibility of the highway authority devon county council as are the drains connecting gullies to a public sewer. To help improve our service we are now offering pre application advice to help. If the problem you wish to report is not listed above please use our live chat facility. Planning and development whilst it is important to manage existing flood risk it is vital that we do not add to the overall risk by failing to deal with issues arising from new developments.
Devon has approximately 180 000 gullies.