Fencing - do i need planning permission?

[AdelaT]

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.

[joe90]

Yes any fence over 1m next to a highway (pavements count as a highway) require planning, there have been similar questions on this before on this forum, do a search.

[DevilDamo]

The first thing you should check is whether the land the in question is deemed as public amenity land. This is irrespective if you own the land or not. If the land is public amenity land, you will require a formal application to change its use from public amenity to a private residential garden.

 

If the land is not public amenity land, the second thing you would need to check is whether the property benefits from Permitted Development rights, in particular Class A. If the property does not have Class A PD rights, you will require a formal application. If the property does have Class A PD rights, you will be allowed to erect a fence up to 1m. A fence that exceeds 1m would require formal Planning as @joe90 mentioned.