It s not facing a road.
Maximum fence height front garden.
You don t live in an open plan shared surface type of development.
The maximum height of a garden fence with trellis on top is defined when.
In this case the height is restricted to 1 metre.
Under permitted development your gate wall or fence can be up to 2 metres in height as long as.
Your council treats a trellis as a temporary structure.
It does not come any further forward than the principal elevation the front of your house or the side elevation the side of your house it s not within or on the boundary of the grounds of a listed building.
No part of the fence wall gate or any other boundary involved forms a boundary with a neighbouring listed building or its curtilage.
1 metre height for front gardens.
In many municipalities six feet is the maximum height for a backyard fence while a 4 foot fence may be used in front of your home.
For anywhere else the height is 6 feet or 2 meters.
The wall or fence is not more than 2 metres in height anywhere on your property except where it adjoins a road or footpath.
The deck or raised platform is not in front of the principal or side elevation of the house that.
If an existing fence wall or gate already exceeds the limits above that its height would not be increased.
It would be over 1 metre high and next to a highway used by vehicles or the footpath of such a highway.
Fences gates and garden walls you will need to apply for planning permission if you wish to erect or add to a fence wall or gate and.
In this case the total height of your fence and trellis should not exceed 2 metres.
Garden law is for general information only and does not constitute professional advice.
One reason front yard fences are smaller is because taller fences can block the sightlines of cars creating blind corners at intersections and putting children and pets in danger.
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The trellis on top can therefore exceed 2 metres.
If your fence does not front a road usually the back garden then the maximum height without planning permission is 2 metres including any trellis topper.
Or over 2 metres high elsewhere.
Your council treats a trellis as a fence or a garden wall.
If your fence typically the front garden fence fronts a road a footpath or public highway and is more than 1 metre high then you need to apply for planning permission.
Planning permission is needed to build higher.
