FENCEWANKER

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I'll start by saying I am absolutely furious. So bear with angry spelling and grammar.

We are incredibly lucky and live on a marina on a river. It's very beautiful. On the river are temporary moorings for riverboats. This is lovely. Some people have unofficial 'permanent' moorings and have made their gardens pretty and mow the grass. This is nice.

3 weeks ago a shiny new boat showed up directly opposite our house. It's a lovely boat, nice to see out of the window.

Yesterday THEY PUT UP A THREE PANEL OVER SIX FOOT FUCKING FENCE. See pic.

Would I be unreasonable to burn that fucker to the ground and also put a hole in his stupid boat?

www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/454562/LIT_7114.pdf

If I had that for a view I would think I was in heaven

it doesn't look all that pretty to begin with

I do love Mumsnet

It doesn't look any worse than the shed on the left. He just wants some privacy from you OP.

Does your garden run right to the river? Is there a public footpath on the river bank?

It goes...

Our house
Our garden
A low wall
Footpath
swamp (not actual swamp. Marina moorings)
Riverbank
River

Shed on the left is a listed boathouse.

Smaller fence in front of HorrorFence is just a low wickery/willowy thing. No issue at all.

If he wants privacy maybe he should put his boat somewhere else on a quite long river. A mile up there are no houses at all.

Ooo, that's a fence and a form of parking. I call mumsnet bingo!

Ooo, that's a fence and a form of parking. I call mumsnet bingo!

Yeah I don't think the marina own the riverbank.

If you google there was uproar in York where a marina applied for planning permission to put a fence up on a river bank and locals were outraged at being fenced off the river view. Protests, etc. Not sure what the outcome was.

Ask the marina if he's actually allowed to put up a fence, bet he isn't.

The marina owner will not care. I'm absolutely sure about this.

Yeah I don't think the marina own the riverbank

Interesting. So who might..? I'm guessing environment agency or local council?

Is not on canal and waterway trust maps so don't imagine they'll be able to do anything?

DH said something about riparian rights and responsibilities.
Go to Living On The Edge
It says, "If your land boundary is next to a watercourse it is assumed you own the land up to the centre of the watercourse, unless it is owned
by someone else.
• If a watercourse runs alongside your garden wall or hedge you should check your property deeds to see if the wall or hedge marks your boundary. If the watercourse marks the boundary, it is assumed you own the land up to the centre of the watercourse."
Does that help??

Not really, as we have a clear boundary and then a footpath. So we don't own any bank of anything /of what you can see in pics.

But thank your DP for trying

Dammit!

I'd be pissed off about that & certainly wouldn't do it if I was mooring up somewhere. Hope you get riverview justice OP!

Oh come on OP, you should know that we don't need a description of the area, we need a diagram

If the marina owner doesn't have permission for permanent moorings and you threaten to shop him in then I'm guessing he may start caring.

I reckon British waterways will own the bank, looks like they're now the riverandcanaltrust or something.

I can't see the problem. You have hardly got any view over there anyway, as other things are blocking your view of the river... And I expect the fence is temporary.

That said, it is an odd thing to do, to put a 3 panel fence there. I mean why???

What a pity you've shown that you don't like it. You could've snuck down in the middle of the night and just pushed it over.

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Tip it

Or paint it neon pink

Tip it

Or paint it neon pink

You need one of these

This thread is so not what I was imagining when I read the title 😂😂😂