Fence height on commercial

Peakie

Hi, I live next to a commercial property which was bought by a plastic recycling company who we don’t get on with very well and they are going to install a fence against my boundary wall, will they need planning and how close and how high can it be.?? Thanks

theoretica

Same as if they were not commercial - without needing your permission it can be up to the boundary line so how close depends on where your wall is relative to the boundary line.  Height usually 2m without planning permission, 1m against highways.

Peakie

They plan on putting it the other side of this wall but the wall drops down where the gravel is so I can see when reversing out of the drive, there is 50 lorries come past a week so it needs to be save and well thought through but this lot next door are a bit shoddy. 

The_Unready

Why don't you reverse into your drive when you park up? Exiting the drive will be much safer then.

theoretica

Is that forward of the principal elevation of your house?  In that case I think there is a height limit of 1m.

But as above, don't use the argument about reversing out as you will only be told to reverse in. Driving out forward will be safer with sight lines too...

Peakie

theoretica said:

Is that forward of the principal elevation of your house?  In that case I think there is a height limit of 1m.

But as above, don't use the argument about reversing out as you will only be told to reverse in. Driving out forward will be safer with sight lines too...

The front of the bungalow faces north which would be where the rear of my car is facing in this picture if that’s what you mean.? Thanks for your help by the way. 

theoretica

Peakie said:

theoretica said:

Is that forward of the principal elevation of your house?  In that case I think there is a height limit of 1m.

But as above, don't use the argument about reversing out as you will only be told to reverse in. Driving out forward will be safer with sight lines too...

The front of the bungalow faces north which would be where the rear of my car is facing in this picture if that’s what you mean.? Thanks for your help by the way. 

Yes - between the front wall of the building and the road the fence between properties needs planning permission to be over 1m.  However, if the commercial site are the ones putting up the fence it might be the front of their building that matters (or maybe whichever is nearer the road?).

That said, if it is the sort of site people might want to break into at night and make a mess or endanger themselves you might welcome a high fence so long as it was a sort you could see through - rather than having people jump over the fence from your drive.