Should I remove an ACO drain with no proper soakaway?

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Hi everyone just had block paved drive layed and a aco drain along front of drive as water runs that way onto the road and path.

However the aco drain has just been drilled at the end with no proper soakaway etc, all water from my roof also goes direct onto drive .

I am concerned it will sink over time and cause issues with the mot type 1, so don't know if would be better to just remove the aco drain all together only trouble is I would have to have a cut blocks in it's place as aco is only 13cm wide amd blocks are 17cm or so.

I am aware a proper soakaway would be better but I wouldn't want them pulling drive up to fit large soak away so only options really are to remove the aco or leave it however don't want to damage sub-base so I think will be best to get it removed.

Any advise or opinions welcome. I thought would be a proper soak away fitted so not sure if best to leave or will this cause more issues down the line or remove or what.

Thanks dean

Did you have to get planning permission for the drive? We live in a village in east Sussex,we had to get pp for the drive, from local authority and permission and a certificate (both of which cost a lot of money) from county council to drive over the path. they said it was because of surplus water drain off. The drive slopes towards our property which then has aco drains. I complained and was told, this applied unless I used expensive porous paving . I wouldn't imagine you would be able to remove the aco drains without causing issues.

"I am aware a proper soakaway would be better but I wouldn't want them pulling drive up to fit large soak away so only options really are to remove the aco or leave it however don't want to damage sub-base so I think will be best to get it removed"

Well for quite done years now drives more than 5m squared ( I think) are supposed to be poroud or direct rainfall to a garden/ lawn or soakaway.

Obviously corners have been cut here to appear as if you are completing with the regulations where you are not.

Removing the aco drain may bring other complications so may be best to leave it?

Walkden, not quite. We were told we had to have pp, which involved having to pay an architect for the plans, plus all the other charges I mentioned,there was already a driveway, concrete strips. A soak away is massive,a lot of work, upheaval. Yet,we were told by LA we could alternatively use permeable paving , which would have cost 4 times as much, going on about surface water. I tried to argue that the drive slopes into my property,there are aco drains,there was already aco drains by the side gate and along the side path! They weren't interested. They had seen it, because we had to have an inspection by the country council for permission for the dropped kerb, and driving over the pavement. We did it all properly in case we ever moved. A huge amount of neighbours have just gone ahead,one neighbour put acos in HIGHER than the drive 🤣. Admittedly I left school a long time ago, but our science teacher told us water cannot flow uphill

"huge amount of neighbours have just gone ahead,one neighbour put acos in HIGHER than the drive 🤣"

As I said some people cut corners here to appear as if they are complying with the regulations when they are not. OP's drive drains on to the road however, not towards her house