Raising a garden Hi,wall

Marvel1

Hi,

I currently have a garden wall to the left side of the property, a minority of it is 75 inches tall (just under 2 metres), the rest of the wall is only 41 inches (just over 3 foot) - very low hence the need for raising and privacy it's a mid terrace house.

Anyway I have read about needing planning permission if going over 2 metres, here is the problem, my side where the wall is only 41 inches goes up a 2 steps (the ground is raised by about 15 inches compared to next door.

If I were to raise mine to 2 meters then next door would be over the 2 metres - hope that makes sense. Would this cause issues?

Could some sort of fencing on top of the wall be ok and not require planning permission.

If building a wall not possible, then what about adding some fencing on the existing wall?

Also I was going to get a builder do the wall, if not go for the abve about the fencing, who would do this, a builder?

Davesnave

The council are only going to know about this if one of your neighbours tells them, so how likely is that, especially the neighbour who'll have a wall, or wall + fence over 2m tall to the side of them?

You have spoken to the neighbour? If not, I'd do so first, after thinking about other matters, like the amount of sunlight which might be lost to their garden at different times of the year.

That's the human element, but increasing the wall height brings physical considerations, like whether the wall was built with sufficient foundations to cope with being increased in height to that extent. The rules are there, not only to prevent ridiculously tall structures being put up, but also for safety, as the wind places a much higher stain on high fences or walls. For that reason the 2m rules belongs to both on boundaries.

Increasing the wall height is one option. Growing something that goes highenough is another.

Marvel1

Davesnave wrote: »

The council are only going to know about this if one of your neighbours tells them, so how likely is that, especially the neighbour who'll have a wall, or wall + fence over 2m tall to the side of them?

You have spoken to the neighbour? If not, I'd do so first, after thinking about other matters, like the amount of sunlight which might be lost to their garden at different times of the year.

That's the human element, but increasing the wall height brings physical considerations, like whether the wall was built with sufficient foundations to cope with being increased in height to that extent. The rules are there, not only to prevent ridiculously tall structures being put up, but also for safety, as the wind places a much higher stain on high fences or walls. For that reason the 2m rules belongs to both on boundaries.

Increasing the wall height is one option. Growing something that goes highenough is another.

Ok thanks, at the moment the house is up for rent, I will speak to the landlord/landlady.

I will have a word with the council local planning.