Planning Permission Needed for 6ft Fence at Front of Property?

[DIYNotIan]

Hi all

We are going to be overhauling our front garden and part of the new design will be a 6 foot high fence in the front garden. It will run parallel to the road in front (a very quiet country lane), but it will be a distance of 7 metres away from the roadside.

We are in a conservation area...

Does anyone know if planning permission is needed for this?

Many thanks

Max

 

[Nakajo]

No. At that distance from the road, you can build to a height of 2m (6' 5") - although in a CA you might need permission to demolish any existing structure

Occasionally, Local Authorities attach an Article 4 Direction to Conservation Areas prohibiting certain PD rights, so it might be worth checking your specific CA, but I doubt that there's any such prohibition here.

You can check all this on the government's website. It's surprisingly good on all this stuff...

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/

 

[bernardgreen]

We are in a conservation area...

In which case you do need to check with the Conservation Officer.

At that distance from the road, you can build to a height of 2m (6' 5")

In general yes but things like sight lines for drivers and other safety related matters can over ride that general permission

 

[DIYNotIan]

Many thanks for the replies.