You don t live in an open plan shared surface type of development.
Maximum fence height front garden.
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.
Your council treats a trellis as a fence or a garden wall.
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.
Under permitted development your gate wall or fence can be up to 2 metres in height as long as.
The deck or raised platform is not in front of the principal or side elevation of the house that.
1 metre height for front gardens.
The trellis on top can therefore exceed 2 metres.
If an existing fence wall or gate already exceeds the limits above that its height would not be increased.
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.
In this case the height is restricted to 1 metre.
No part of the site is a listed building or within the curtilage of a listed building.
Your council treats a trellis as a temporary structure.
It does not come any further forward than the principal elevation the front of your house or the side elevation the side of your house it s not within or on the boundary of the grounds of a listed building.
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No part of the fence wall gate or any other boundary involved forms a boundary with a neighbouring listed building or its curtilage.
Or over 2 metres high elsewhere.
The maximum height of a garden fence with trellis on top is defined when.
If you want to have a higher fence or wall around your front garden then you will need to require planning permission.
Fences gates and garden walls you will need to apply for planning permission if you wish to erect or add to a fence wall or gate and.
It s not facing a road.
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.
The wall or fence is not more than 2 metres in height anywhere on your property except where it adjoins a road or footpath.
Planning permission is needed to build higher.
For anywhere else the height is 6 feet or 2 meters.
If you want a higher boundary then we suggest you plant some privet and shape it into a fence.
