Maximum Fence Height Front Garden Scotland

The maximum height of a garden fence with trellis on top is defined when.

Maximum fence height front garden scotland.

According to the planning portal site permitted development rules allow a garden fence 2 meters in height 6 5 feet enough for a six foot fence panel plus a small concrete gravel board. My know it all fil says the highest a fence can be is 6 feet. Garden law is for general information only and does not constitute professional advice. No part of the site is a listed building or within the curtilage of a listed building.

Whilst its maximum height 1 metre if it fronts a road explained in paragraphs 3 9 3 10 or comes forward of the principal elevation or side elevation nearest a road. It s not facing a road 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. Or if an existing fence wall or gate already exceeds the limits above that its height would not be increased. In this case the total height of your fence and trellis should not exceed 2 metres.

Under permitted development your gate wall or fence can be up to 2 metres in height as long as. You must read the disclaimer below before using the forum. Your council treats a trellis as a fence or a garden wall. It would not exceed two metres in height from ground level if elsewhere.

In this case the height is restricted to 1 metre. The rules are something along the lines of a boundary feature can be no higher than 1m when adjacent to the road however how adjacent is a grey area and 2m sounds reasonable 20m certainly does not. Your council treats a trellis as a temporary structure. In other words if the maximum height for any boundary fence or garden walls is 2 metres then the wall and the trellis must be a maximum of 2 metres in total.

The wall or fence is not more than 2 metres in height anywhere on your property except where it adjoins a road or footpath. Front garden fence height post by nozzler1 wed jun 22 2005 10 48 pm can anyone advise me whether there is a maximum height at which you should erect a fence in your front garden. The maximum height legislation for fencing is always inclusive of the trellis. The maximum height of any gate fence wall or other means of enclosure is 2 metres.