Is this shed allowed

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I’m not sure where I stand on this.

This is the fence to our back garden, the house behind initially had very tall trees at the back of theirs which actually gave us a lot of privacy. They cut those down which is fair enough, it was in their garden which is their right but was still a bit annoying as we lost that privacy.

Now they’ve built this shed the past few days which is way taller than our fence. Is this allowed? We’ve gone from having this lovely quiet garden to this eyesore! Is this just something i’m going to have to quietly accept?

Garden shed with an apex roof should not exceed 4 metres without planning permission. Flat roof is 3 metres. Difficult to tell from the photo.

But you can easily attach a trellis to your own fence and grow clematis/climbing roses or similar up it. The shed will be invisble next year.

Is it a 6ft fence? Might just scrape under permitted development but you would have to get your tape measure out:

“if the shed is within 2 meters of a boundary, it cannot exceed 2.5 meters in height. For sheds further from the boundary, the maximum height can be 3 meters for most roof types and 4 meters for a dual-pitched roof.”

It looks as though it is within 2m of the boundary, so shouldn't be more than 2.5 m in height without planning permission.
That's assuming you're in England, not in a Conservation Area or other restricted area and the property has permitted development rights. The general rules are here
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/outbuildings/planning-permission

If it's really causing you an issue, you could ask planning enforcement at the Council to have a look, but honestly, it doesn't look that bad.

Instant hedge, lots online to choose from and some come in 1m blocks so you dig a trench and insert the whole thing. There are individual plants at 6ft too which is the normal height plus pallet height for delivery.

As above sheds or garden buildings are taller than fences. but it is from the height of their garden, not yours. Sometimes there are differing heights or sloping land that can affect what you see compared to their ground level.

Id love to have this problem.

Its not like they have deck chairs on the roof and are sitting watching you eating popcorn.

What do you want to do? Report them so they have to remove it and create a terrible atmosphere?

Always one😂

I'm serious. What do you want to happen?

There is no good outcome to you complaining about a foot of shed being visible over your fence.

Trellis and clematis or other climbers like wisteria or honeysuckle. Did the tall trees obscure the upstairs windows, If so they must have cast a lot of shade, at least the shed still gives some privacy

Measure it them email your planning department if it's over 2.5m high. THey'll be able to tell you if it's within the rules or not.

However, it's likely to cause a ruckus with the neighbours, so think long and hard before you start that.

I don’t think it looks that bad ? If you really hate it some trellis and climbing plants as others have suggested?

Shed installers know the rules around height and distance from the boundary, sheds can't exceed the permitted height that others say

Report to the local planning office and they’ll be asked to reduce the roof height to 2.5m.

That doesn’t look over 2.5m ?

but you’ve got some privacy back OP as it’s blocked off their garden and lower windows from view?
I agree with others, get some trellis or plant done Leylandii

This a permitted development. Doesn't look like its beyond 2.5m (the building structure, so it the land is slightly elevated, that may make it look a bit taller).
Most shed structures are standard-size anyway precisely to avoid this nuisance. Unless you want to know on the neighbours door to accurately measure it, and then report, there's nothing much you can do (nor should in my humble option as this does no harm to you).
Add a bit of extra fence and put a nice climbing plant there and "problem" solved.

We had this. Next door raised the level of thier garden, then built a raised patio and then put a shed on it. I read the planning rules as no higher than 2.5 m from our side (Is against the fence). Planning visited and upheld the shed's right to stay. (So annoying). Long term we'll raise the fence / plant tall trees to disguise

Definitely attractive trellis and climbers. Or you could plant some salyx trees which bush out at the top and are feathery.

I guess it’s not that bad, I think it was just the initial shock of coming home and suddenly seeing the back of a shed😂

I’ll just take the advice of making it look prettier from my side. Thanks everyone, some good suggestions!

Great attitude! You can design your own privacy

You could ask them if they’d paint the back the same colour as your fence? Then it would fade away. My neighbour did that for me as I had the same situation but my garden is lower than hers so it really loomed over the fence.

Well a fence should not exceed 6 foot and its about a foot over that so safe to assume 7 foot = 2.13m is well under 3 meters.

Its no uglier to look at than looking at a house!

That’s a bit harsh. I thought the pp’s post was fair. Your problem is with a small line of shed above the fence. It’s a visual thing, not a privacy problem. As others have said, put up a trellis.

Kicking up a fuss over this would just create bad feeling for no good reason.