boundary wall

[mikecrooky]

here's a problem recently arose, my 2 metre high blockwork garden wall which is adjacent to a public highway( lane) at the bottom of my garden was recently damaged by a passing skip lorry whilst trying to drive through the narrow lane. it became unsafe so i pulled the wall down and after making concrete repairs to the footings i started to rebuild the wall. i received a letter through the post from the local council saying that they had a complaint from a 'concerned' neighbor saying i was trying to build an extension to my house without planning permission, i contacted the council and explained what had happened, they came and took photo's , they have since told me that to build the wall up to the original height of two metres, i would have to obtain planning permission !, the wall has stood there for 15 yrs and now the council says i can only rebuild the wall up to a maximum of one metre without planning , any higher and i will have to secure permission at a cost of 166 pounds, i think it's scandalous , another way to get monny out of joe public, my question is can i rebuild my wall up to two metres in height using treated timber planks only without planning permision.

 

[hotrod]

No.

 

[maltaron]

Surely you should have taken a photo and got the skip lorry company to rebuild it.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Have you not got a photo proving the wall was 2m high before the damage was caused? Sometimes in the Planners eyes, once something is removed it is no longer there to be replaced and the 'replacement wall' is considered new development, its twisted logic. Have they acknowledged that the wall was 2m high before it was taken down or do the dispute that?

 

[^woody^]

If you have removed the wall completely, then rebuilding it may require planning permission

However, if you left some of the wall and rebuilt other parts, then its just maintenance and will not require permission

There is also an argument that the rebuilding work does not material affect the previous external appearance, but there are certain provisos with this so it may not apply depending on how the planners interpret the work

The best thing to is to maybe state that part of the wall was not demolished and the rest just rebuilt

You wont be able to use timber planks either, as the same rules apply