I have a boundary wall which is adjacent to a public walkway at the front of my house. For over 20 years there has been a 5ft fence for the first 20ft of the front garden then a 6ft fence for the last 12ft of the garden leading up to the front door.
The guy that previously owned the property for 20yrs must of replaced at least 20 odd fence panels over the years due to vandalism. I moved into the property and spent £400 putting a new fence up. With 2 weeks the vandals had smashed about 8 large holes in it!!! So I decided to build a wall. I had a builder come over and the wall ran 4ft for the first 10ft 4ft 6" for the second 10ft and 5ft for the remaining 12ft leading to the front door. This bit now is why I'm asking for help on this site. Somebody has made a complaint about the wall and yesterday morning a planning officer arrived at my wall and told me that the wall can only be a maximum of 1m above my garden level due to it being a public highway I'm adjacent too. My question is if this is the case why did the previous owner or myself not get asked to reduce the height of the fence that was previously there and the replacement I have put up is lower than the previous boundary fence. But most importantly if I lower to 1m especially the 12ft leading to my front door it leaves the security and safety of my property in jeopardy. I'm happy to reduce the lower part of the boundary wall but not the wall by my house and front door. Do I have any rights around this?
All help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Jon
The guy that previously owned the property for 20yrs must of replaced at least 20 odd fence panels over the years due to vandalism. I moved into the property and spent £400 putting a new fence up. With 2 weeks the vandals had smashed about 8 large holes in it!!! So I decided to build a wall. I had a builder come over and the wall ran 4ft for the first 10ft 4ft 6" for the second 10ft and 5ft for the remaining 12ft leading to the front door. This bit now is why I'm asking for help on this site. Somebody has made a complaint about the wall and yesterday morning a planning officer arrived at my wall and told me that the wall can only be a maximum of 1m above my garden level due to it being a public highway I'm adjacent too. My question is if this is the case why did the previous owner or myself not get asked to reduce the height of the fence that was previously there and the replacement I have put up is lower than the previous boundary fence. But most importantly if I lower to 1m especially the 12ft leading to my front door it leaves the security and safety of my property in jeopardy. I'm happy to reduce the lower part of the boundary wall but not the wall by my house and front door. Do I have any rights around this?
All help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance. Jon
