Garden boundaries fences and defensive plants.
Front garden fence height.
If your fence does not front a road usually the back garden then the maximum height without planning permission is 2 metres including any trellis topper.
If an existing fence wall or gate already exceeds the limits above that its height would not be increased.
Your council treats a trellis as a temporary structure.
Which has open planned front gardens there is likely to be a covenant restricting the erection of any fence or hedge to the front of the dwelling and you must therefore refer to the local planning.
You will require planning permission for any new fence gate or wall over 2m in height.
The height of your fence will be.
In many municipalities six feet is the maximum height for a backyard fence while a 4 foot fence may be used in front of your home.
One reason front yard fences are smaller is because taller fences can block the sightlines of cars creating blind corners at intersections and putting children and pets in danger.
Common heights for front yard fences are around 3 feet while common heights for backyard fences are between 6 and 8 feet.
So generally areas with lots of homes with lots of drives close to each other would have to stick to the 1 metre rule.
Backyard 6 feet.
It s not facing a road.
Front yard 3 feet.
Deer fence 8 feet.
Under permitted development your gate wall or fence can be up to 2 metres in height as long as.
In this case the total height of your fence and trellis should not exceed 2 metres.
If your fence typically the front garden fence fronts a road a footpath or public highway and is more than 1 metre high then you need to apply for planning permission.
No part of the site is a listed building or within the curtilage of a listed building.
The maximum height of a garden fence with trellis on top is defined when.
Pool fence 4 feet.
You can erect a high fence in front of your property as long as you have the correct splay and visibility line within the adjacent to the highway area determined by the council.
The trellis on top can therefore exceed 2 metres.
No part of the fence wall gate or any other boundary involved forms a boundary with a neighbouring listed building or its curtilage.