Where would ground level be measured from for outbuilding on sloped garden

[gidi19]

Hi all.
Just to clarify.
Council have said that they have taken measurement from the lowest point and not the highest point.
I believe it is a point that can be argued,but the options they have left me with doesn't allow me to dispute it.
Any help would be grateful.
Thanks

 

[gidi19]

Hi all,
Just a quick update.
After some back and forth with the council, they have said it is unlikely they will take any enforcement if I raise the ground back to the original level. So some good news I guess.
Next question would then be if I'm raising the ground back up above the DPC, is there a way for me to make the wall waterproof? I've come across something called liquid rubber foundation sealant, but just wondering if there is a different way of doing it.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Is the dickhead going to inspect after you've raised the ground level?

 

[gidi19]

Lol,
Honestly not sure. Just playing them at their stupid game.
So for a little more detail, I had to draw a plan of the garden, showing the original ground level and then the height of the building when measured from the front and back.
They've accepted the changes, but leaves me with having to raise the ground one block above the dpc.
Short term plans is to go with what's been agreed, then maybe after 2 years just dig the garden back out again to below dpc.
In the meantime I want to waterproof the one block above the dpc so no water can ingress inside. Thinking of using that liquid rubber stuff and then rendering it on top.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Just a quick update.
After some back and forth with the council, they have said it is unlikely they will take any enforcement if I raise the ground back to the original level. So some good news I guess.
Next question would then be if I'm raising the ground back up above the DPC, is there a way for me to make the wall waterproof? I've come across something called liquid rubber foundation sealant, but just wondering if there is a different way of doing it.

I am just trying to deal with exactly that issue myself, at the back of my workshop. The ground slopes up, and away from the back, when it was built, the slab was slightly above the ground level, since when the ground has slumped, up against the wall, higher than the slab. The result has been water/mud, spilling into my workshop floor. What I am doing, is adding a french drain, along that edge, to help drain the water away. I've dug a channel along the side of the slab, dropped a 'leaky pipe' in, surrounded by coarse gravel. The leaky pipe, is simply 40mm push-fit, with lots of holes drilled in it, but you can buy 'leaky pipe' made for the job.