Drain cover blocked by wall

[Malone76]

Hello Everyone,

Ive returned from holiday a few weeks ago to find that my neighbour has knocked down the wooden wall that divides our access and built a concrete one instead which at first i thought was fine except that the wall goes over a drain cover. This drain cover was accessible before as the wooden fence was slightly raised so the cover could be removed if wanted. However now it cant be and my worst fears came to light this morning when i saw that end of my access flooded with water where the drain cover is. Obviously i now cant lift it to see what is causing the blockage and my neighbour is himself away for a few weeks to speak to him about it so i am a bit stuck as to what to do.

First of all is it okay to build a wall on top of a drain cover and if not secondly who do i call to come and have a look to sort this out. Is it my water supplier or an environment health officer?

What a fucking moron.

Do you have a mobile number for him to contact him whilst he is away? Or find him on social media?

Do you both own your properties?
Is the wall that was knocked down and replaced his or yours?

No number as he has only recently bought the house so we havent spoke much.

Cant contact him via social media as i dont know his surname.

Yes we own both our properties and the wall is his.

Can you contact the estate agent who sold it and ask for a message to be passed on?
Maybe if there is any damage his insurance will cover it as his mistake building over it.

Otherwise if you have to the wall will have to get removed for access by the drain.
You shouldn't incur any costs as a result of his new wall.

Depends on whether it's a public sewer or not. If it's a public sewer he needs a build over agreement from the Sewerage company (and he needs to pay a fee).