*WIBU* to move my fence back a few inches....

[TriciaH87]

For reference it would not be taking any land from a neighbouring house. We have wasted land about 5 meters wide behind our house followed by a big hill then a line of trees and then a train track. We purchased a 4meter swimming pool to go into the area behind the shed but we are about 4 inches short on the count of legs need a bit of extra space. When they tell you measurements it should really be for the whole area needed. I have 3 fence posts in my garden would you if you were me move the middle one back a few inches to allow for the pool legs. Our garden at the back slopes and gets shorter from the left to the right if the line had been straight it would of been fine. The land behind cannot be used for building on because its a huge hill follewed by train line so the only time anyone ever goes round there is the maintenance team to strim it every few months or usually me to fetch the bloody football when the kids kick it over which is a 15 minute walk to the area to access it. If I did move my fence back a couple inches should I put in a gate to fetch the ball. Had to go round 3 times today to fetch the bloody thing.

I would.

I would too

Find the owner of the land and offer to buy it, problem solved.

Me too why dont you speak to the railway about the gate though

I'd move it too

I want that pool! Where did you get it from? Thought I’d replied but my post seems to have gone, I would!

You absolutely CAN'T do that. It's not your land! If a maintenance team come to trim the area, then it is owned by someone (the railway?) and they will certainly notice if the fence is moved.
And there will be a massive headache if you ever move house.

Moving the fence a few inches will be fine, but surely that land is a wildlife corridor.

Sounds like its railway land owned by Network Rail - in which case you'd need to approach them to buy some. It will be dirt cheap as it cant be used for anything else but not worth the hassle of trying to take land that isnt yours.

(Also how are you accessing that land to get your ball back? Sounds like you might be trespassing which isnt good when youre talking about railway land, no matter if youre 5 m from the track or not!)

And it definitely does happen that network rail require people who've tried to nab land off them to put the boundary back to where it should be...

Ypu don't own the land, you have no right to move your fence onto it.
Speak to the land owner.

move it, deeds aren't that detailed to notice that amount of movement so they wont know.

Moving the fence a few inches will be fine
No it won't.

The land is owned by the company who built the houses. We enquired about moving it back a few feet in the past but they rejected it. They only started maintaining it after we complained and sent images showing it was over grown. We're literally talking a few inches think oh my fence post broke and I can't put the new one in the same spot kind of inches. It's wasted ground that can never be used. The access for maintenance would not be affected. The difference wouldn't be noticeable as the garden is already a weird shape it would slightly straighten it. As for the gate a few houses have put one in for the same reason.

@ALbigbump from Costco was £385 as had to pay 15 for years membership. They keep coming into stock but sell fast.

Land registry shows its owned by the housing development company so its not national rail.

Regardless, its not your land.

If they have previously told you no, then even more reason not to do it.

So, if you've asked and they rejected it, why on earth would you think they'd be happy about you just taking the land anyway?

Move your shed forward a few inches.

Personally given what you've said I probably would move it. In fact I'd probably have moved it before without asking. You can always move it back if they complain.

@Happycow if you follow our block their is a stretch between the houses running down the side and a lorry depot that you can walk up soley to access that area. The maintenance team told us how to access it to get it back. The land is owned by them and the 5 meters is between our fence and the hill. The tracks are about 30 meters behind. The trees in the picture are the start of the railway land according to the land registry.

I’d do it. It’s unlikely they’d notice a couple of inches.

Just do it

@outofhours we can't move the shed because that's against the fence for the driveway. I could move that fence but that would mean next door not having access to their drain pipe which goes into a drain on our driveway in the far corner. The fence technically at the back does not impact anyone as such but the one next to the shed would stop their access in a plumbing emergency.

The no was to moving it back to the hill which is almost 5 meters back. I'm talking about 4-6 inches to save loosing the whole of the lawn to the pool meaning the kids won't be able to play which given the current situation is their only time to be kids.

Well first it was "a couple" of inches because the pool wouldn't fit, now it's 4-6 inches because you want the pool and some garden space. It's not your land, you've already been rejected once, so you shouldn't do it. But hey, you obviously want to so crack on.