Rear boundary fence

TheJP

Personally i think it is in keeping with your garden style and compliments it. Shame about the view but the school have a valid reason which they will also consider the impact on their neighbours having a wire fence may have. This was probably in planning for a number of years and budgeted incrementally to enable it to happen, i wouldn't say its a waste of resources as many parents may not have been comfortable with the current set up.

As others have said try and use it to your advantage, climbers etc. Nice garden by the way.

Mac_70_

davilown said:

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.

Two meter high fence, they'd be some foxes .

Shame about the view OP, though i'd see about moving those concrete posts. I'd leave the wire though, handy if you wanted a creeper running along the fence.

jimbog

Mac_70_ said:

davilown said:

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.

Two meter high fence, they'd be some foxes .

Shame about the view OP, though i'd see about moving those concrete posts. I'd leave the wire though, handy if you wanted a creeper running along the fence.

2 metres is nothing for a fox!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFI2ACZ5Z4

Mac_70_

jimbog said:

Mac_70_ said:

davilown said:

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.

Two meter high fence, they'd be some foxes .

Shame about the view OP, though i'd see about moving those concrete posts. I'd leave the wire though, handy if you wanted a creeper running along the fence.

2 metres is nothing for a fox!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImFI2ACZ5Z4

Lets see it do that without rails on the fence it's climbing.

davilown

Mac_70_ said:

davilown said:

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.

Two meter high fence, they'd be some foxes .

Shame about the view OP, though i'd see about moving those concrete posts. I'd leave the wire though, handy if you wanted a creeper running along the fence.

Oh they can - even though they are related to dogs, the act a lot more like cats.
I still can’t believe that this topic is being discussed - I mean a 2m fence in a garden like that is nothing

sheramber

https://mybackyardlife.com/can-foxes-climb-fences/

Many foxes can jump three feet high, and with their claws, they can climb up six feet high or even higher. 

Reginald74

Mojisola said:

The decision to put up the new fence could have been prompted by OFSTED down-rating some schools because their current low fencing doesn't protect the site and the children. 
No-one has a right to a view - the school is entitled to put up a fence, either on the boundary or just inside, on their land. 

This never happened, but was a popular myth for a while about 15 years ago when Ofsted first got properly stuck in to safeguarding.

Reginald74

Teapot55 said:

sos22 said:

you can see the workman.  he is infilling the fence with timber slats.  It will look like the fence in the distance which separates the playing field from an alley way.

I can see why the OP is disappointed: that fabulous view of what is effectively sunlit parkland with neatly-mown grass & mature trees is not going to be nearly as visible once a two metre wooden fence is in place. 

A future scenario of hordes of truculent individuals shouting abuse & accusations of a sexual nature at the occupants of the garden through a wire fence, while theoretically possible, is unlikely. I’d prefer a close-mesh 12ft-high wire fence if it was my property, in order to keep the amazing view, but I think this situation is already a fait accompli.

The suggestion above  about ofsted-imposed requirements seems very likely. 

Except it is completely not going to be the case. Ofsted do not inspect fences and boundaries. You can view their schedule of inspection online.

lookstraightahead

Op, I think it's a change rather than worse. Fences make a huge difference to an outlook. I actually think it looks nicer.

people put up fences and take them down in any house, yours just has a wonderful view, and still does.

looks like the fields of a private school to me and you look like you're in the middle of the countryside. Beautiful and still is, just takes a bit of getting used to. 

Mac_70_

davilown said:

Mac_70_ said:

davilown said:

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.

Two meter high fence, they'd be some foxes .

Shame about the view OP, though i'd see about moving those concrete posts. I'd leave the wire though, handy if you wanted a creeper running along the fence.

Oh they can - even though they are related to dogs, the act a lot more like cats.
I still can’t believe that this topic is being discussed - I mean a 2m fence in a garden like that is nothing

Utter nonsense.

You still believe a fox can jump over a two meter high fence. They can't get over my six foot high chicken wire around my chicken coop.