Garden fence height on top of retaining wall

[JayBo1979]

Hi guys
we live in a corner plot and the garden at the side and front of the house is on a slope so it’s approx 60-80cm lower at street level than the main garden.

we want to level out and build up the garden and build a 60-80cm retaining wall. we then want to put a fence on top for privacy

my understanding is that without PP the fence can be upto 1m (as it’s by a public highway) but is this measured from street level or the level of the ground in the inside of the fence (which we have built up).

This obviously makes a massive difference as if it’s measured from street level and the retaining wall is 80cm then we’d only be able to have a 20cm fence!

thanks

J

 

[conny]

I think fences/brick walls are 1metre from pavement level, (I could be wrong but can't recall seeing a wall any higher than this.
However, hedges seem to be unregulated regarding height. My front hedge on one side of the drive is about 1.5m above the pavement but on the other side of the drive it is at least 2.5 - 3.0 metres higher than the pavement.

 

[^woody^]

Measure from the highest ground level immediately adjacent to the fence, no matter what side.

But you can't build up the ground and then measure from it just to get extra height.

 

[OvertonPlumber]

Interesting as our house/bungalow had a planning constraint of 6.25mtr. But we on a hill front to back and left to right.
To the extent the front brickwork below dp is 5 courses out the ground the back is recessed into a sunken patio.
My planning consultant told me ground level is taken at the median level above ground.