Replacing brick and fence with just fence, is permission needed?

BathDIY · 4 Oct 2018

Looking to replace our fence and wall around our back garden.

Currently, we have a short approx. 1-meter high brick wall followed by a 1-meter of fencing finished height 2 meters.

The brick portion of the wall is in poor repair, as is the fence.

Am considering knocking down the brick wall and replacing the lot with a 2-meter high close board fence.

Do I need planning permission to do this?

blup · 4 Oct 2018

Don’t think so unless permitted development rights have been removed in some way. Or if it’s listed (doubt that)

Blup

tony1851 · 6 Oct 2018

You can build it out of whatever you want up to 2m high without p.p. (unless you are a listed building/conservation area).

BathDIY · 7 Oct 2018

No permitted development has not been removed to my knowledge, also the house is not listed or in a conservation area.

Forgot to mention back garden runs alongside footpath and highway.

blup · 15 Oct 2018

I think it goes down to 1 metre if it adjoins a highway.

Blup

BathDIY · 15 Oct 2018

blup said:
I think it goes down to 1 metre if it adjoins a highway.

Blup

I think your right except that we already have a 2-meter high wall and fence. My question was really about replacing wall and fence with fence of same total height.

LondonLad21 · 15 Oct 2018

Watch out for PWA, who owns the wall?

LukeB123 · 15 Oct 2018

BathDIY said:
Am considering knocking down the brick wall and replacing the lot with a 2-meter high close board fence.

Do I need planning permission to do this?

You can get away with repair or maintenance on various structures, however if your knocking it all down and replacing, that's technically going to require planning permission (subject to the heights adjacent to the highway)

You could repair or replace the 1m high fence panel on top of the wall without much issue, (Or replace the odd brick if it got damaged) but I think replacing the 1m high brick wall at the bottom is technically going to be a building / minor operation thus requiring consent. Generally wouldn't be too worried unless there's site specific issues; conservation area, you have difficult neighbours, you think there's going to be some sort of impact on pedestrians / vehicles, or you build it out of something that looks terrible.

blup · 15 Oct 2018

Maintenance is covered not replacement

Blup

blup · 16 Oct 2018

If the replacement fence is the same or better in appearance and materials, it is (almost) inconceivable planning permission would be refused, but don't remove the existing one first as it is the point of comparison for justifying the new one.

Blup

BathDIY · 16 Oct 2018

blup said:
If the replacement fence is the same or better in appearance and materials, it is (almost) inconceivable planning permission would be refused, but don't remove the existing one first as it is the point of comparison for justifying the new one.

Blup

That makes sense to me.

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