About the Landscape Juice Network

Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.

LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry

LJN's Business Objectives Group (BOG) is for any Pro serious about building their business.

For the researching visitor there's a wealth of landscaping ideas, garden design ideas, lawn advice tips and advice about garden maintenance.

PRO

slatted screens above fencing height

What are the legal and planning issues around putting slatted screens above the top of the fenceline on seperate posts to the fence.I've seen it done a lot on pinterestTo be clear - slatted screen only attached to posts above the height of the fence and left clear underneath and placed inside of the boundary.Can i exceed 2.1m if i do it this way which i understand is the legal max height for a boundary fence.

You need to be a member of Landscape Juice Network to add comments!

Join Landscape Juice Network

Votes: 0
Email me when people reply –

Replies

  • its usualy 1mt at the front and 2mt at the back that includes any trelesing on top anything higher needs planing 

    if the property is listed or in a conservation area you will need planing for any work you intend doing including fencing 

    • PRO

      Cheers David. Yes checked last might and 2m at back is correct.

      However I did not highlight very well but I am building a pergola with slatted screen attached to back posts and want to run continuation of slatted screen at high level across the garden coming off pergola. This screen will be set forward of fenceline and will only have slats fixed at the top to screen out an area 2ft above the fence. Client could use as plant support or I could add to it to make it a structure such as a continuation of the pergola.

      Would this be a permissable work-around?

      • i would not like to say if you would get away with that it depends on how far away from the fence it is going to be and what the neighbours are like 

This reply was deleted.

LJN Sponsor

Advertising

PRO Supplier

Agrovista Amenity is excited to announce that it will be continuing its partnership with national environmental charity The Tree Council, pledging to sponsor the planting of more than a thousand trees. The trees will be planted over the next…

Read more…