Not really
Exemptions
The following will be exempted from the restriction:
i) using a hosepipe in a garden or for cleaning
walls or windows of domestic premises, paths
or patios, a private leisure boat or an artificial
outdoor surface, where such use is necessary
for health and safety reasons.
ii) watering a garden attached to a domestic
dwelling or watering plants on domestic
premises using a hosepipe, by people with
severe mobility problems who hold a current
Blue Badge as issued by their local authority.
iii) using a hosepipe to clean a private motor
vehicle, or walls and windows of domestic
premises, where this is done as a service to
customers in the course of a business.
iv) using a hosepipe to water an area of grass or
artificial outdoor surfaces used for sport or
recreation, where this is required in connection
with a national or international sports event.
v) drip or trickle irrigation watering systems, fitted
with a pressure reducing valve and a timer, that
are not handheld, that place water drip by drip
directly onto the soil surface or beneath the soil
surface, without any surface run off or dispersion
of water through the air using a jet or mist.
I must get on to Thames water re my soak-aways discount I believe and I have block paving with land drains.
The good old H&S have come to the rescue and I will be able to charge the wife for cleaning her car
