New Rear Fence Height 2 inches above Limit

GrumpyDil

 DigSunPap said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Easier to replace a whole fence, than slice 2" off it!

Thats a fair point. If it is a council house, would they not be the ones liable to replace it?

Not sure if the relevance of this comment as no one has said this is a council house? 

Wyatt1980

GDB2222 said:

Wyatt1980 said:

It’s not the neighbours fence. They have a completely separate fence parallel to mine. Plus now it is with the council there is no option to discuss with the neighbour.

If you see this from your neighbour's point of view (literally!), you might think of an easy solution. 

There’s no negotiation here as now it’s with the council they will assess the height and make a ruling based on that. It’s not down to the neighbours view point unless I had a planning application to go above the allowed height. If I make a retrospective planning app (may be an option spending on what planning enforcement ruling is) then they would seek our neighbours feedback then. 

koalakoala

Was there a reason you made it higher than allowed?

ArbitraryRandom

koalakoala said:

Was there a reason you made it higher than allowed?

Just over an inch is unlikely to be intentional...

MikeJXE

Did you choose to have gravel boards to keep the fence off the ground or is the neighbours garden higher or lower than yours ?

Mutton_Geoff

Wyatt1980 said:

It’s not the neighbours fence. They have a completely separate fence parallel to mine. Plus now it is with the council there is no option to discuss with the neighbour.

Not this one I hope?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67378646

GDB2222

Mutton_Geoff said:

Wyatt1980 said:

It’s not the neighbours fence. They have a completely separate fence parallel to mine. Plus now it is with the council there is no option to discuss with the neighbour.

Not this one I hope?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-67378646

Who'd want to be a pathologist?

"It is possible that evidence of an assault may have been obscured by decomposition and maggot infestation," his report said.

Wyatt1980

Update on this - enforcement have come back to say the fence is in breach and either we rectify it or get planning permission which isn't guaranteed. Also advise the property had permitted development rights removed years ago before we moved in.
I've asked them to clarify the maximum height allowable now with no permitted development rights - does anyone know if this is still 2m? It's a rear garden fence so not overlooking any roads and the original fence when the property was constructed was 1.8m in height so does it mean I can only go as high as the previous fence?

TELLIT01

Have enforcement not stated in what way it breaches regulation?  If it is a case of being 20cm over height, and there are gravel boards, removing those may be enough to get it to the required height.  Even if you have to dig down a couple of inches and bury the bottom edge of the fence it will be cheaper than replacing the entire thing.  The fence will rot but at least you would get some use of it.

MikeJXE

Googled and found this 

Fence height UK

The legal ‘fence height UK’ is 6ft 6inches or 2 metres. For your front garden fence, authorities will allow you up to 4ft of fencing, meaning it will be 2ft lower than the fence height at the back of the house.

When you require planning permission will be if your fence fronts a road, footpath or public highway and it’s more than 1 metre tall. For a fence that doesn’t front a road, you will need planning permission for anything over 2 metres tall, which includes a trellis topper, if you have one.

If you’re wanting to erect a fence around a listed building, then you will almost definitely require planning permission for the fence, regardless of the height. Also with a listed building, you will need to require listed building consent.

If your fence is in a conservation area, you will require planning to demolish a fence if it’s more than a metre in height and fronts a road, or if it’s more than two metres in height elsewhere.

If you choose to ignore the advice of applying for planning permission, then you should expect to face some potentially negative consequences, for example, your local council could issue an enforcement notice for you to take down the fence ASAP.