garden fence

[harryticker]

i don't get on with my neighbour.At the back of our properties he is responsible for the boundary and has erected a 6 foot fence which i am fine with. However my back garden is raised up about 4 feet higher than his so from my side the fence is only about 2 or 3 feet high. I want to put a fence just inside his on my land about 6 feet high, but from my neighbour's side this will be 9 or 10 feet high. Am i within the law to do this?

[shaking]

A phone call to your local council planning office will be able to tell you.

[tufty7]

Your property, your side, as long as its not an open boudary estate you will have no probs, it will afford you privacy and may allow you to never be faced with your neighbour or whatever problems you have together , you could always inform them what you are doing out of courtesy , just tell its for privacy and security purposes.

[Mamjet]

Build it and tell them nothing. If he can build a 6 ft fence -then why shouldn't you? He sounds like a right ****, so after you've finished building your fence, plant some leilani trees orwhatever their called. thatll show him.

[bushbaby_de]

Provided that your planning permission or house deeds do not say you can't (and there is no article 4 direction in operation in your area) then you are entitled to erect a fence or wall up to 2m (or 1m where adjacent to a road or path). This would obviously have to be on your land though. The covenant requiring your neighbour to maintain a fence is to ensure that there is always some kind of boundary treatment and won't prohibit you from erecting an additional boundary unless explicitly stated.