PLANNING IN THE GARDEN: PART 2: Specific changes relating to fencing, buildings and structures in the 2008 Amendment to Permitted Development Rights

摘要

Fences, walls, railings, gates and other boundary structures require planning permission if over one metre high when next to a vehicular highway or its footpath, or over two metres high elsewhere. All trellises, posts and adornments, such as permanentornamentation or statues, must be below the one or two-metre mark (measured from land level). David Hand, of the government's Planning Portal (see sources), says there is 'no hard and fast rule' regarding where the one-metre front boundary steps up to two, but many feel that keeping side boundaries in front gardens to one metre high for around 2.5 to three metres is good practice.