Fences, walls and gates - Planning Portal

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Find out whether you need permission to build a new wall, fence or gate or alter an existing one at a domestic property by answering the following questions

Is the property or land listed?
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Is the work outside the domestic curtilage? (‘domestic curtilage’ is the area of land on which a dwelling house / flat sits and includes the residential land immediately around the building, which serves the building in some defined and meaningful way. It doesn’t include a field or other open land next to a house, even if it’s in the same ownership)
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If the fence, wall or gate is more than 2 metres away from a road, does the structure exceed 2 metres in height above ground level? (ground level is up to 1 metre from the structure on both sides)
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No

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If the fence, wall or gate is within 2 metres from a road, does the structure exceed 900 millimetres in height above ground level? (ground level is up to 1 metre from the structure on both sides)
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Does the work involve the formation or widening of an access to a road, other than a pedestrian access? ('road' means a road, bridge, viaduct or subway which is repairable at the expense of the government or any parish, and includes the carriageway, footpath and any other part of such a road, bridge, viaduct or subway)
Yes
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Does the work involve the creation or widening of a pedestrian access to the property where the access will be more than 1 metre wide?
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Does the work create an obstruction to a view at or near a bend, corner, junction or intersection that would cause danger?
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You don't need planning permission providing that your 'permitted development' rights have not been removed by a condition on a previous planning permission.

Bye-laws note: you don't need building bye-law permission for the construction of free standing garden walls, fences or gates.

For walls, you don't need building bye-law permission for the construction of a wall designed to retain material on one side only where the height of the retained material exceeds 1 metre in height.

You'll need planning permission before you build a fence, wall or gate. Click on the button below to start your application.

Bye-laws note: you don't need building bye-law permission for the construction of free standing garden walls, fences or gates.

For walls, you don't need building bye-law permission for the construction of a wall designed to retain material on one side only where the height of the retained material exceeds 1 metre in height.

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