Height of front garden wall

[geraldthehamster]

My apologies if this has been asked and answered before.

I understand that a front boundary wall that abuts on to a highway can be a maximum of 1m high before planning permission has to be applied for.

Can anyone tell me *definitively* where this should be measured from, if the garden behind the wall is a foot or two higher than the pavement in front of it?

There will be a beech hedge behind it in any case.


Cheers
Richard

 

[DevilDamo]

So you're forming a retaining wall?

In my opinion, this would be measured from the highway/footpath. I was going to mention the possibilities of the wall being too low and thus being a trip hazard from people on your side of the wall, but that will be overcome by the inclusion of a hedge... as you mentioned.

 

[big-all]

i would say the front but all depends on where the natural level would be

 

[noseall]

As per DevilDamo.

One of the more relevant points is visibility regards leaving your frontage in a car.