If so then you’ll need to comply with building regulations and probably planning permission from your local authority and will probably need a Basement Impact Assessment. Basement conversions can add valuable space to your property or development, but ensuring the proposed basement development is appropriate is essential. Your development will need to ensure, not only your local planning department are happy with your proposal, but also Building Regulations, Environmental Health standards and Utility Provider requirements are being met.
Your basement development’s impact will need to consider effects on the movement of groundwater through the soil that could damage surrounding properties, and ensure that any basement development does not lead to damaging ground movement, plus an assessment of slope stability risks and a range of other issues will all need to be considered. This assessment should be specific to the site and its proposed development.
Whilst several London boroughs have published detailed guidance e.g. Kensington, Fulham, Westminster, Haringey, Chelsea and Camden, many other Local Authorities do not have specific guidance on how to complete your Basement Impact Assessment. So having expert knowledge and a rigorous process is essential to ensure your basement development will have no negative impact.
In London, where space is a premium and land expensive, excavation of basements below existing buildings, frequently extending to two or more levels and/or into rear gardens, is an increasingly attractive way for homeowners to increase a property’s space. A subterranean level is also the perfect way to work around potential issues of a sloping site.
But with high stake risks it is essential to have experience and knowledge of your developments’ impact.
Earth Environmental & Geotechnical provides detailed Basement Impact Assessments or BIA to support your planning application.
Our team of highly skilled and fully qualified engineers complete the Basement Impact Assessments – BIA. We have on hand qualified surface water specialists chartered civil engineers with ground engineering experience, chartered geologist with a hydrogeology qualification working as appropriate with a chartered engineering geologist.
See More:- https://www.earthenvironmental.co.uk/basement-impact-assessment/
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