Rear boundary fence

sos22

Here's the new fence.

Thank you for your comments and especially that there were no nasty, aggressive or sarcastic ones.
I was looking for some feedback as to whether the school could/should have erected the fence without any consultation with adjoining land owners.  The concrete posts indicate the position of the original boundary where the chain link fence was erected which is now inaccessible by the school.
It is a shame to have lost the wonderful view.  The kids never bothered me - nor I them (it's a primary school) and they would have only been on the field for about an hour a day maximum.  The field otherwise is empty for the remainder of the day, weekends, and holidays.  It is lovely and quiet and I used to see the foxes in there.
The filled in fence seems excessive and unnecessary in my opinion and a waste of the schools (limited) resources.
Thanks again all, Sheila.

sos22

Previously with chain link fence attached to concrete posts.

Brie

I completely understand your disappointment. 

It's a shame they didn't remove the concrete posts but that would have meant taking down the fence completely allowing children access to your/other's gardens and your/other's dogs access to the playing fields.  

Paully28

It is when they sell off that land for housing that you should start to complain. 

Mojisola

sos22 said:

The concrete posts indicate the position of the original boundary where the chain link fence was erected which is now inaccessible by the school.

The filled in fence seems excessive and unnecessary in my opinion and a waste of the schools (limited) resources.

If the school ever needs to maintain or repair the original boundary, they will be able to do so from the garden side, after arranging a suitable time with the householders. 
There are many governing bodies who would agree with your second point - having to fund new fences from stretched budgets isn't something any of them want to do. 

jimbog

I can see why you would be disappointed but your security has improved and the new fence has a ready made trellis ready for climbing plants

BikingBud

If the fence is too stark invite some of the local kids with spray cans to do you a nice mural, give them a picture of the view as it was and see what they can do.

I would be looking to remove the concrete posts though.

Gavin83

sos22 said:

I could, but what i actually like is the openness and space that the wire fence provides rather than it being hemmed in and enclosed by a timber fence.  The original chain link fence has been in place for years but now the school is using 'safeguarding and security' as their reason for changing it.  The same way the phrase 'heath and safety' is bandied around without anyone really knowing what it means ....

They’re doing it to stop the home owners ogling the kids because as the media tells us these days everyone is a potential paedophile. That’s the safeguarding element.

I can understand your frustrations as the view has got considerably worse but ultimately there’s nothing you can do to stop the school erecting this fence. It would have been nice if they’d given you some notice but ultimately it wouldn’t have stopped it either way.

I would speak to the school about removing the wire fence from your side though.

davilown

This has to be a wind up - there’s no way someone would complain about surely?

davilown

sos22 said:

Here's the new fence.

Thank you for your comments and especially that there were no nasty, aggressive or sarcastic ones.
I was looking for some feedback as to whether the school could/should have erected the fence without any consultation with adjoining land owners.  The concrete posts indicate the position of the original boundary where the chain link fence was erected which is now inaccessible by the school.
It is a shame to have lost the wonderful view.  The kids never bothered me - nor I them (it's a primary school) and they would have only been on the field for about an hour a day maximum.  The field otherwise is empty for the remainder of the day, weekends, and holidays.  It is lovely and quiet and I used to see the foxes in there.
The filled in fence seems excessive and unnecessary in my opinion and a waste of the schools (limited) resources.
Thanks again all, Sheila.

Yes the school can, and IMO, should. The same way you could have put a 2m fence up on your side of the boundary.
you’ll still see the foxes as they’ll soon learn to jump over the fence.

the chain link is still accessible to the school - they just remove the new fence.