Neighbours have thrown my fence into my garden and caused damage

I always opt to escalate the dispute if neighbours are arseholes as then i have the satisfaction of luxuriating in my righteous indignation whilst also enjoying the peace of no contact.

this is going to depend on whether the OP was actually the arsehole though. In our case it was definitely the neighbour 🤣

It's tricky and not as straightforward as PPs have suggested.

"...the garage- extending it at single storey- this bit will now be what replaces the fence that was there"

No one here can advise you about party wall issues without knowing exactly where the outer wall of the garage is with respect to the boundary.

If the garage is entirely on your boundary (and does not share a wall with your neighbour's garage etc) and you are extending it entirely on your own property then the Party Wall Act does not come into it. In this case you can build what you like on your own property subject to planning and/or permitted development etc

In contrast, if your garage is linked to your neighbours garage and they share a wall then that wall is a party wall. If you then extend the garage backwards from that party wall along the line of the boundary then the Party Wall Act does come into effect

@RedLollyYellowLolly0 don’t let it drag on. Pop over and clear the air. I don’t think you are at fault (because the fence move was with their agreement although to facilitate your building and keep their pets safe). Just say it won’t be long and ask if there’s any reason they threw it over because you thought it was going to stay until work complete when you’d have removed it. You could then say it broke some pots … but I’d be taking a judgement call based on how the chat went initially.

You do not need a Party Wall Agreement as there is no party wall. However, if a wall is now replacing a fence but the wall is completely within (not on) your boundary you should notify your neighbours with a New Line of Junction Notice.

Why would you do all that and then sell?

And because lack of a pwa could cause problems

Dont create neighbour wars. You have to live next to these people. Apologise for the building inconvenience and take a bottle of wine over.once you stsrt being angry over pots it just escalates. Bite your tongue.

You’d have been happy to take the rubbish at the end of the building?! Why should they have the old fence posts in their garden?

you need to be really careful here if you’ve built up to the boundary without a PW agreement. Hope you’re not planning on selling anytime soon…..

Sounds like they decided the wall was high enough to contain the dogs so the temporary fence was no longer needed.

Rather than ask you to remove it, or could they remove it themselves, and what should they do with the panels and posts, they just went ahead and removed it and put the wood back on your land.

Perhaps they got annoyed that you left the temporary fence there longer than they deemed necessary.

Would have been better if they'd just talked to you about it.

I feel it's a bit petty to ask for compensation.

I'd call round with flowers and apologise for leaving it there longer than necessary. Opens up a dialogue so they will probably explain their reasoning.

More talking = less misunderstanding

Sounds like miscommunication and frustration, to be honest. Maybe they thought it would all be finished quicker?
No, they probably shouldn't have thrown the fence bits over willy nilly, bit it sounds like they've lived with your crap in their garden for a while. Everyone reaches the end of their rope eventually. Go talk to them.

There’s no party wall agreement - we have planning permission and it’s all gone thought the proper channels
Planning permission doesn't negate the need for a party wall agreement. You're building up to the boundary so a PTW was necessary.
Your builder should have known this.

Planning permission won’t give you all the consents you need - it especially doesn’t give party wall agreement nor building regs.

they are probably fed up with it all to be honest. I’d suggest a mid point bottle and flowers is a good idea and again at the end. Don’t leave it otherwise they could get very upset.

@RedLollyYellowLolly0 you/ your builder are in the wrong here

One of my boundaries is an old, unstable brick wall. If I "push it over" to my neighbours side, someone could die.

You didn't push over the old fence - your builder erected a temporary fence (an unwanted one by the looks of it) on your neighbours land.

Mind boggles how some people fend for themselves with such lack in ability to express themselves. Must be hard to get by.

Clear it up, say nothing and maybe pop over with flowers/wine and thank them for their patience.

Are you somehow the same poster as redlorryyellowlorryredlorryyellowlorry who also seems to have upset their neighbour?

She pushed her fence into the neighbours garden to make room for some building work and then objected when the neighbours shoved it back

I really don't understand any of what has happened here! Maybe I am just slow today but I can't work out what fence has been chucked where and why.

What do you actually mean when you say "I pushed over the old fence"?

I suspect there's an issue with communicating in a way that is understood by the majority - including with your neighbours.

Only England and Wales.

https://www.gov.uk/party-walls-building-works

@RedLollyYellowLolly0 at the time I posted you had not mentioned the dogs...

It all sounds a bit of a shit show. If they are otherwise reasonable, then just apologise for leaving the posts there longer than necessary and move on.

If you don't speak directly to the neighbours yourself to explain why your items/rubbish is in their garden, I would assume they had disposed of your fly tipping rubbish and glad they didn't report me.