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Council Fence

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So, my good lady has a place that she lets out and has Council tenants next door. The garden has wood fencing either side and she has spent a lot of cash making the garden nice and sorting the fences that she has responsibility for - as well as repairing/ and replacing some of the 'Council owned' fences - so that they keep the place looking tidy. Anyway - recently 3 of the fences panels (on the Council sides responsibility) decided to finally give up and blew down - she contacted her agents and asked them to get in touch with the Council and get the Council to fix it - especially as her tenants have a dog...
Anyway, moving forward another 3 weeks and she has just been forwarded an email by the agent, sent from the Council. In it they are asking her to pay 50% towards the costs, or it won't get done.... As she has already fixed several of the panels (on the Council side) she doesn't want to have to carry on forking out.
Does anyone know where she stands regarding the law in matters like this?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Anyway, moving forward another 3 weeks and she has just been forwarded an email by the agent, sent from the Council. In it they are asking her to pay 50% towards the costs, or it won't get done.... As she has already fixed several of the panels (on the Council side) she doesn't want to have to carry on forking out.
Does anyone know where she stands regarding the law in matters like this?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
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So, my good lady has a place that she lets out and has Council tenants next door. The garden has wood fencing either side and she has spent a lot of cash making the garden nice and sorting the fences that she has responsibility for - as well as repairing/ and replacing some of the 'Council owned' fences - so that they keep the place looking tidy. Anyway - recently 3 of the fences panels (on the Council sides responsibility) decided to finally give up and blew down - she contacted her agents and asked them to get in touch with the Council and get the Council to fix it - especially as her tenants have a dog...
Anyway, moving forward another 3 weeks and she has just been forwarded an email by the agent, sent from the Council. In it they are asking her to pay 50% towards the costs, or it won't get done.... As she has already fixed several of the panels (on the Council side) she doesn't want to have to carry on forking out.
There's rarely a legal obligation to put up a fence.
The tenants do have a legal obligation to prevent their dog from straying.0 -
If they're the council's fences then it's up to them whether to replace them (unless there's something obliging them to maintain the fences).0
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There is no law which requires a boundary to be fenced (except possibly where livestock are involved). So she can either pay the 50% or have no fence.
I don't like the council's attitude, but it's their fence, so their say-so if it gets mended or not.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
Review the title deeds to see if there is anything specific. If there is not, then the council can do what they wantChanging the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0
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I used to live next door to council tenants. Every time the fence blew down, the tenant repaired the same old fence panels and put them back up. No only did they look awful, I knew they would blow down again the next time it got a bit windy.
So I replaced the lot. It was a whole lot better and it ensured no more problems.0
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