Hello
I've been reading about the planning laws for fences, trellis and pergolas and just wondered if I am understanding this right...
At the moment I have a 6 foot garden fence and for privacy have attached a 1 foot trellis to the top. Strictly speaking this is not within planning laws since they state a fence should be no more than 2 metres (6ft 6"), and so my fence is about 6 inches too high. I presume this won't cause a problem unless a neighbour complains to the council...
However, if I erected a trellis screen just behind the fence, or built a pergola and grew climbing plants up it, this could be up to 2.5 metres (8ft 2") tall and that would be fine...
So essentially you can get around the 2 metre limit on boundary fences by build a higher structure just behind on the basis that it is an ornamental garden feature or plant support?
Thanks for your advice
I've been reading about the planning laws for fences, trellis and pergolas and just wondered if I am understanding this right...
At the moment I have a 6 foot garden fence and for privacy have attached a 1 foot trellis to the top. Strictly speaking this is not within planning laws since they state a fence should be no more than 2 metres (6ft 6"), and so my fence is about 6 inches too high. I presume this won't cause a problem unless a neighbour complains to the council...
However, if I erected a trellis screen just behind the fence, or built a pergola and grew climbing plants up it, this could be up to 2.5 metres (8ft 2") tall and that would be fine...
So essentially you can get around the 2 metre limit on boundary fences by build a higher structure just behind on the basis that it is an ornamental garden feature or plant support?
Thanks for your advice
