Ryang

Thanks for your help. I'll submit my request and see what they come back with for the fence/gates, and highways repair to the apron, even if I pay for it. Whoever did the block paving on the driveway years ago also left an awful concrete uneven hornching, which just looks like a bodge too, and must have looked awful the day the driveway was done too

Thanks for the reply. Yes that is clear. As ever with the Internet, I have read so many pages on the subject, I've overlapped all the pages I've read with what I thought the planning portal said. It is the term about it being adjacent being unclear. This page for example https://legalbeagles.info/forums/forum/legal-forums/housing-property-and-neighbours/1402955-fencing-adjacent-to-a-highway-rules has this section around the definition to which I was wondering if anyone here had experience of: "As you can see, there is no mention what constitues ' adjacent to a highway '. The generally accepted rule for permitted development is; Fence within 1 metre of the Highway / Path next to highway should be under 1 metre tall. Fence more than 1 metre away from the Highway / Path next to highway can be up to 2 metres tall." I guess I'll just submit and advise request to them and go from there. Thanks.

Hi all. Just embarking on a new house purchase with lots to do... pretty much everything actually, but looking forward to the challenge. The query I hope people on here can advise on is around a topic I've seen on here a few times. I want to replace an existing driveway gate, and replace a hedge with a closeboard fence. The hedge in the picture I attach looks nothing like that now, so offers no screen or security. The gate is a farm gate style, and classically on the deck at the far end. I want to replace with 6ft automatic wooden gates. I've seen as many have, the planning portal no permission required to replace like for like/1m gate, and 2m from highway/path. The picture shows the green line as the boundry according to the fence boundary document. The yellow line is more than 2m from the boundy to the path. The red box is technically not mine, but I see other houses on the same street have block paved this section. As the yellow line is 2m to the path, do I need pp regardless of the red box area not being mine for 6ft gate and fence? Also, the box area is rough. Mix of tarmac and concrete, and would like to tidy it... I suspect the answer to that one for pp is a yes, but would guess many neighbours just did it? Thanks in advance for opinions and advice in advance. I find many scenarios online but none where the drive is set back with the verge entrance being there....