Hello, My husband and I are looking at putting up fencing on the side of our new house (haven’t moved in yet) to extend our garden. The area i circled is where the new fencing will be, adjacent to the footpath. I am trying to figure out if we need planning permission but the LA’s website is not very clear. According to the council, i need planning permission if it’s next to a highway used by vehicles or a footpath of such a highway. As you can see from the picture, the footpath on the side of the house connects to the highway footpath, however we don’t plan to take it all out to the front where our footpath connects to the main highway foothpath. Would we need any planning at all? From what i can understand, the planning permission applies if we exceed one metre in height but it won’t block visibility of any car as it won’t be on the highway footpath so technically the rule won’t apply. Any opinion welcome.
