Planning for front wall/gates

[indus]

Hi
I live in a Conservation area but PD has not been withdrawn.

I note that the planning portal states that a wall/fence/gate can not be greater than 1m if next to a pavement.

I'm on a hill and have a wall already but want to add gates. Some of the piers of my wall are already slightly above 1m (and have been for years) but some need to be raised slightly.

Anyway, I notice that both I and other neighbours have fence panels dividing our front gardens that are 5ft tall. Nobody has ever complained.

So am I misunderstanding this 1m rule or has a blind eye been turned to the fence panels?

Thanks

 

[indus]

Anybody able to shed any light on this?

Thanks

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Blind eye or permission was sought or done before the rules were applicable.

 

[^woody^]

Anyway, I notice that both I and other neighbours have fence panels dividing our front gardens that are 5ft tall. Nobody has ever complained.

Do you have a public footpath running up your gardens parallel to the fence too?

 

[indus]

Do you have a public footpath running up your gardens parallel to the fence too?

Hi Woody

No its just a regular street. In other words I have a wall at the very front of my front garden and the is a footpath is just on the other side of that.

The garden fences that divide the gardens run at right angles to the footpath and run from the front of the house to the front garden wall....so they are just a wall's thickness from the footpath.

Apologies if I've misunderstood you!