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Garden fence rules...
Hello all, our rear garden is 3ft lower than our neighbours as we are at the bottom of a hill. This neighbour does not have a fence on top of this wall at all.
We have a 6ft fence meaning the neighbour has roughly 3ft and he likes to drink and peer over the fence and talks !!!!!! which we are sick of.
If we want our fence to be higher can we increase our fence height by 3ft meaning his fence would then be 6ft?
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he likes to drink and peer over the fence
That R is doing a lot of work. Phew!
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You would need planning permission to have a fence over 2 meters high on your side.
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Hi Jack.
My understanding, tho' I am not certain of it, is that the max height is taken from the lower ground, so that would suggest you are not allowed to.
I would agree that this is bonkers and unfair, at least in circumstances like yours.
What can you do? Go ahead and increase the height, and see if he can really be bothered to report it to Planning, and whether they can really be bothered to come out. If he and they do, then you admit defeat and reduce the height, and plant a fast-growing hedge like laurel.
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Absolutely, thanks for the reply
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The only person to see and complain about the OPs fence would be the neighbour, have a chat with them and assess their viewpoint
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Well, we actually spoke earlier as he knocked on the door and advised it was too tall, which to be fair it was as it was over 9ft from our side. We agreed on going 1.5ft extra so technically now our fence is 7.5ft tall. If that's too much then whatever go and complain 👍
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Please. Do not plant laurel. It is a thug of a tree. Even if you cut it down at ground level, it will sucker up all over the place. The only real way of getting rid of it is to get a mini digger in and dig the roots out.
Next worse is leylandii - On the plus side, it does sucker, but won't do much neighbourly relations.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.1 -
As sure as eggs are eggs someone will say one plant and someone will save not that plant
Here I am looking at all the nice kempt Laurel bushes of neighbours laughing a little.
To the OP yeah plant some trees or bushes that you like and that must be annoying for you but sometimes you have to be blunt and say we are trying to enjoy our garden
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Does that height work for you, giving you the privacy you require? If so, chances are he'll be ok with it.
Because if he complains, he'll know - or can be told - what the alternative is. Provided you don't plant a continuous row - an actual 'hedge' - there is now't he can do about it.
FreeBear's reticence re laurels is presumably borne from practical experience, but I just don't get it - laurel is completely and easily manageable, and stays rich and green regardless of how hard it's pruned - unlike leylandii.
Easy to plant a couple of trees to give the localised screening you require.
I wouldn't suggest this normally, but there are circumstances where rightful privacy trounces another's right to whatever. Folk should understand and be prepared to compromise. If they don't, then soddem.
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There's a retaining wall involved, so I also wouldn't be keen to plant laurel if the intention is to let it get to 9'. Also, although it grows quite fast, it won't be getting to that height overnight so won't be that effective at screening the neighbour's chats for the next couple of years. As the OP's property is 3' lower they will be getting more of the negative impacts of shading/overbearing, so as a means of getting any sense of 'revenge' on the neighbour if they object to the high fence then it may backfire.
OP - as well as planning restrictions, you also need to check your deeds to see whether there are any covenants governing the height of fences.
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