Help am I classed as front facing road with the land in front of my property ??

[Ebooksgti]

Ok so the purple indicates my plot of land I’m a corner plot I have erected a 6ft fence in the area that’s yellow and the blue indicates path from front door to front gate I assumed I was not classed as front facing road due to angle and land outside front gate ? Council are asking me to remove fence or go down to 1m didn’t no who was in the right here thanks

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

The front elevation is irrelevant, you're limited to 1m where its next to the highway, which is where your boundary stops.

 

[thomp1983]

Just politely decline and wait and see what the council do next, until they issue an enforcement notice i wouldn't be doing anything.

If they issue an enforcement notice then I'd reduce it to 1m and if I was set on wanting the privacy I'd put a 6ft hedge behind the fence

 

[Lower]

Unfortunately the council are in the right as your fence abuts the footway of a highway and therefore is limited to 1m high. If it was 1m back from the footway, you could have a 2m high fence.

You could apply for planning permission retrospectively for the fence as this would allow you to retain the fence you have if your application was successful.

 

[pcaouolte]

Around here a few people have erected a 1m fence next to the highway with a 2m fence about a metre behind it. They seem to have got away with that.

 

[martygturner]

Plant a hedge...