Garden and fence

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Hello sorry will be slightly long. i moved in to my new house in Feb.and the weather is nice we have started clearing the garden and decided to put a new fence up all the way around as one side hasent really got one and the other side is just bushes and tress and I have 2 dc under 6 so need to be safe to let them go out and the neighbour was fine up until we said we was keeping the good side off the fence as it will stop the kids climbing on it but she wants to good side as her dog can climb but went out the other day came back to a note and she wants to know all what we've got planned for the garden and wants to see planning permission i don't need planning permission for a fence do I? As long as its not above 2m she also wants to know what else we have got planned for the garden as it is unlevel and we was going to dig so much to level it then put a patio on shes got no right as its my garden and will have nothing to do with her or is she right and I need to let her no my plans?

at my other house I had work done there and nothing got saod when the inspector camr

Presumably you hadn't any disgruntled neighbours with an axe to grind?

The garden has a wall about waist hight and its all unlevel there so want to make it level and the garden just slopes up wards there is not steps in the garden we want to put some in and relation the soil back at the top so we have got at least one bit off the garden level for table and chairs and the fence will be on my bondry not hers she has lived here years so I dont know why she hasent put on up if she's that bothered about having the good side and she owns her house and made it clear that she did the first time I met her

At the minute the garden is one big unleveled mess that needs something doing to it

You dont sound like you're being a very nice neighbour. Have you tried to see things from her perspective? Bad neighbour relationships are really stressful.

I dont think I am being a bad neighbour iv let her no my plans for the garden I havent just gone and done it she was fine till she mentioned needing the good side so her dog carnt get over if I'm paying for the fence I am having the good side so the kids don't climb up it and it will be on my garden not hers

What are the drainage implications of your plan?

Some off the fence is like bamboo wood at the top where the big bushes are at the back and as the garrden get lower its green wire then towards the houses its two fence panels infront off the trees thats all on her side off the border

There isn't any as its only a small section we paving

You can just tell your children not to climb on the fence though. I do agree with the comment about having the fixtures at your side for maintenance.

Have I missed the post about which side its facing already, surely you would match the way it is now?

Ah, you said the neighbour hasn't really got one, how does she keep her dogs out?

Have you checked with the housing officer that you can cut down trees OP? To me this sounds more serious than the fence issue.

Its all bushes and green wire and two fence panels and she got got this bamboo thing up. Was mowing the lawn when she started having ago at me telling me she will phone the police if I put them fence up my dad is a councilor and I have asked him he said the trees are on my garden there is nothing she can do about me taking them down or the fence coz its on my side off the bondrey she is being very unreasonable about it and tbh its hasnt got anything to do with het as its all happening on my garden not hers

What response do you have to the people suggesting you make an effort to be on good terms with your neighbours?

Made a effort to be a good neighbour but the way she spoke to me this afternoon im not bothered in the slightest going off like she's a kid who dosent get what she wants

Ment to say when she's dosent get what she wants

I mean this kindly , but do you drink a lot?

Legally as long as you are inside the boundary you can do what ever you like to your garden. It is considered polite when erecting a fence on the boundary that you take the "bad" side but it is not a legality. As long as the boundary is clear and it is clear anything you touch is on your side there is nothing she can do except contact the council who will investigate and if all work is on your boundary they will leave you to it.

If it’s a council/HA property you need written permission from your landlord before you do anything. Talk to them first.

Aside from anything else please keep in mind the trees may be housing wildlife and possibly nesting birds. If they are causing shade proper pruning (after nesting season) would allow more light through and let them continue to help with soil structure and excess water so may be an option.

Give yourself the 'bad' side or buy a fence with 2 good sides. That would be the neighbourly thing to do.

True @SociallyAwkwardPenguin , you can't prune any trees, hedging or large shrubs until August now. Why is the hedge such as issue. If her dog cannot get through nor can your dc.

She can report you for taking down trees which is illegal during nesting season. Saying that, the huge tree at the bottom of my garden has no nests, no birds ever nest in it.

She doesn’t have the law on her side about you having the good side of the fence. It’s courteous, it not the law. You do need permission from the council before putting up fences, I think. Her threatening to call the police is a bit OTT!

If it's council or HA you will need 'permission for alterations or adaptations' before you do it. Many will do this over the phone, but ge it first or you may need to take it down at your expense.

OP if your dad is a concillor surely he will know that you need permission from your landlord to remove any trees in your garden? As other PP have noted its is nesting season too so please don't take e them down (yet) anyway.