Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Nov 11, 2009 10:32 pm I am thinking of building a fence on our small front yard to make it a courtyard. This will mean having a height of 1.8 or 2 meters. It will be set back from the property line by 60cm or so. Enough for a small hedge to cover the wall, keep it cooler and stop pray paint or wayward boots. Made of metal, posts in ground. Would I need a permit from council for this? I seem to think I would. Re: Building a fence - councils. 3Nov 11, 2009 10:51 pm Moreland, Coburg Victoria. It was and not really.. Maybe I just didn't get it.. http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/building ... rmits.html It says a fence...what kind of fence? Quote: # a fence, and ... And then in the link below it states this... Quote: A fence, screen or structure similar to a fence not more than 2 m in height and not within 3 m of a street alignment. Does that mean the road, the footpath or the alignment - that being my border and theirs? And the terminology "similar to" a fence.. Ok its a fence that's not a fence but it is analogous to a fence that looks and functions like a fence but really its not a fence..... So when is a fence not a fence? I guess I am asking for confirmation of what would require or trigger a council permit situation. 2 meter steel fence 50 or 60cm from the property line. I would rather ask here than spending half an hour on hold.. I recently hit a snag with my new build with Metricon. On the block I purchased there is an old covenant when the land was subdivided in 1971 that "the exterior walls of… 0 1505 Building a fence now will help limit people dumping rubbish and soil on your property. Many houses in suburbia on small lots have fences up before a build. I moved into a… 1 4390 Yes i guess this is one of the main reason as i checked one post foundation 4 9987 |