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The Hard Landscaping Show with World of Paving event

18/02/2010

Interlay will be appearing at the Hard Landscaping Show with World of Paving event next month, being held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Lasting for two days - Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th March - there will be plenty to see and do, with demos and seminars taking place, as well as an excellent offering of exhibitors. For more information, visit the official website http://www.hardlandscapingshow.co.uk/.
We look forward to seeing you there!

New Members
   31/03/2009

A very warm welcome to Dornans Paving, Northen Ireland on becoming Interlay's newest member.

New Members
   15/12/2008

A very warm welcome to Cornwall Paving Company, Truro on becoming Interlay's newest member.
We still welcome your comments and if there is anything you want from the site that it doesn't already offer then please get in touch with your ideas through our Contact Us pages.

New Members

 7/11/200811/2008

A very warm welcome to Acre Driveways, Berkshire and Coadman Contractors, West Sussex on becoming Interlay's newest members.
We still welcome your comments and if there is anything you want from the site that it doesn't already offer then please get in touch with your ideas through our Contact Us pages.

New Front Garden Rules
  11/09/2008

Origianlly part of the Government's water strategy launched in February, new panning rules will take place on October 1st 2008. This is aimed to encourage homeowners to use permeable paving, rain gardens and similar sustainable methods when installing new or replacing existing  paving in front gardens.

However homeowners will no longer be allowed to pave their front gardens without planning permission (which can be obtained from a local council) unless permeable surfaces such as concrete block permeable paving is used or water is otherwise able to soak in the ground. E.g: using Rain gardens. If this is not an option then permission will be required for hard surfaces over 5m2 which will involve scale drawings, application forms, a fee of £150 and about 8 weeks for a decision. But there is a risk that planning permission may not be granted after the 8 week wait.

This is to reduce the increase of flooding, pollution of watercourse and to help move towards sustainable drainage systems. For more information on this and to find out about contractor courses please check out the links below.

www.hardlandscapetraininggroup.co.uk
www.paving.org.uk
www.communities.gov.uk

Job Of The Month
  05/02/2008

Send us your entries now for Februarys Job Of The Month!
If you have completed a domestic or commercial job recently that you would like to be considered  for Job of the Month, please send us via email or post, a before and after photo with a brief description of the task and any comments from your customers that they would'nt mind being printed.

The winner will be announced on the Interlay site and also featured in the next edition of the Interlay newsletter.

New Member
  17 / Oct / 2007

A very warm welcome to Paul Monk of Herringbone Driveways, Essex. Congratulations on becoming Interlay's newest member!
We still welcome your comments and if there is anything you want from the site that it doesn't already offer then please get in touch with your ideas through our Contact Us pages.

Maintaining The Standards
  5 / Mar / 2007

It has been a year since the Interlay Website was launched, and has now been visited by hundreds of members, suppliers and customers.  Interlay is going from strength to strength and, after the recent Annual General Meeting of its members, there are to be some new and exciting developments ahead for Interlay, which should see the organisation grow and develop.  We still welcome your comments and if there is anything you want from the site that it doesn't already offer then please get in touch with your ideas through our Contact Us pages.

The New Interlay Website

  28 / Mar / 2006

The new Interlay Website has now been launched. After much hard work the New Interlay website has now been produced and here it is. The new site has been built with a completely refreshed image and features and a Brand New password protected 'Members Area'. We hope that you find the new site easier to use and easier on the eye, as well as providing all the things that our members and you, the public, want from the site. If you do think of anything that you think would make a useful addition to the site, then please get in touch with us with your ideas through our Contact Us pages.

Laying Standards Updated

  01 / Feb / 2006

BS 7533 : Part 3, the laying specification for block paving has now been updated and includes Permeable Paving, as well as updates to cover recent revisions to other standards, materials specifications etc. More details on the changes to the standard can be found in the Members Area, including a useful breakdown of the changes in the standard and what they mean to the layer, contributed by Allan Dowson.

Reducing Flood Risks

  01 / Feb / 2006

As many of you who listen to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 or watch breakfast television may have noticed recently, paving over front gardens is big news. There is serious concern being voiced by the Royal Horticultural Society that too much paving could be affecting the water run-off from towns and this creates flooding during heavy rain and droughts during dry summers, as the water cannot make it way into natural water courses underground, and from there to our reservoirs. Permeable paving helps to reduce the risks of this and is an important part of what is known as 'Sustainable Drainage Systems', or 'SUDS'. The Government is well aware of the problems that this can cause, particularly in new developments, and is proposing to limit the run-off from new developments in it's proposed 'Code for Sustainable Homes' due out later this year.

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