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Thanks guys for the useful advice. I don't intend winding up the council. But we do intend to put up an attractive hedge in front of the fence (no more than 2 feet in height. Arakis777

Hi I eventually heard back from the planning inspectorate just before Christmas and he has approved our appeal. He accepted our compromise of us planting a hedge in front of the fence. He left it open i.e. didn't mention min or max height, hedge type etc. I have a feeling he would have...

I received this email below from the planning officer yesterday. Maybe I am being thick here but she is still talking of lowering or even removing the fence (over my dead body). The refusal clearly states it is on the character of the fence not the height. They advise I do the following (1)...

Yes it is curious that some of the posts were deleted/removed. Anyway I received an unsolicited letter from a firm yesterday who deal in planning refusals and said they had a 70% to 80% chance of winning my case. The fee however is £400 to £500 just for a fence!. Maybe I am cynical but...

I couldn't agree more. You can notice next door psycho has put the bad side of his fence facing out. It really makes his place look as if there are permanent building works going on. He mentioned to the council that he objected to our fence as he wanted to put up the same fence which is 2metres...

You should work for the council ;-)

I hope I haven't started a war of words off here. I can see both sides I personally have a lot of time for council officials, many of whom are officious and devoid of common sense.

It is strange but let's just say the issue is not just him but some friends in the local police, there is an ongoing so can't say too much here. My wife and I are fairly new here - just over two years but we suspect some local police might be bad mouthing us to the council or maybe we are...

Well yes, I could do nothing for now, but I have only 10 weeks left to appeal (refusal was at start of the month). If the council don't get back within that 10 weeks I will have lost my chance to appeal. If I reduce height to 1 metre or under they still might say it breaches section 64 and they...

To be honest like most people I don't know all my rights. I was informed by several people if I didn't apply for the retrospective planning permission, the council would come out and lower / move it and charge you the expense of doing so. I think the council are playing on people's fears. We...

No issue is Psycho next door called the council out on me saying it was over 1 metre in height. When the planning officer came out she said we had to apply for retrospective planning permission because it is over 1 metre, but couldn't see an issue and really like the fence. Anyway...

Thanks for the info on pasting pics. My wife spoke to the planning officer who came out and she said she was very nice. Loved the fence and and said retrospective planning shouldn't be a problem. The strange thing is the same lady emailed me back after the refusal to ask if I wished to...

Here is the Pic. //www.diynot.com/network/arakis777/albums/ We have taken down the for sale sign as we realised we will lose a lot on the house. The psycho next door has recently out up a six foot garden fence along our former shared path. Apparently that is OK by the council but...

OK Could be moved but with great difficulty and would be costly and mean cutting into it, to move it back 5 feet. I know it sounds quaint but it really looks very professional My wife was planning to remove hedge as we were totally blocked in, when she was attacked I had the hedge taken...

I agree to an extent, the guy is a real nut job. The has been arrested often but somehow when local police get involve he walks. Funnily enough last time he got convicted was for assaulting police. As for the second option I was so tempted but don't walk in those circles and there is always...

Hi Last year my wife and I had our poor quality front hedge taken down and replaced by an expensive white American style PVC picket fence. It is not garish or over the top in any way. It is meant to never fade in colour and we bought it from a UK based company. We had it professionally...