Future Water Strategy

Posted on 14/Nov/2008

The introduction of the ‘Future Water’ strategy signals significant changes for the domestic paving market.

With government legislation recently changing ‘householders permitted development rights’, paving over fronts gardens with impermeable surfaces now requires planning permission.

The new legislation sets out that planning permission is required for hard landscaping of all front gardens and driveways over 5m² unless permeable systems are used.

Roy Partington Divisional Manager says:

The solution is to use a cost effective Porous Paving System that is both aesthetically appealing to the householder and also a product that provides sufficient surface water infiltration through the system.

Duoblock provides the solution to both issues, it can be filled with grass or gravel depending on aesthetic requirements and deals with storm water at source. The Duoblock units also provide a suitable load bearing platform to enable trafficking over the system.

Download: DuoBlock Permeable Paving

Download: Future Water Strategy