When is a permit required for raising a garden?
Questioner
Our garden is on the same level as the neighbours' garden, separated by a fence (180 cm high) overgrown with Hydra. The neighbours intend to raise the garden by 1 metre over a depth of 4 metres. The existing fence cannot serve as a retaining wall. After the raising, the neighbour will be 1 metre higher and can look head and shoulders over the fence into our garden and we, on the other hand, have a view of their terrace. Can the neighbour build a fence that is 2 metres high on his side and that will cause us to look at a retaining wall of 1 metre on which a 2 metre high fence is placed. Can the neighbour obstruct our view/sun with a total height of 3 metres?Lawyer
For the calculation of the question from which measuring point the height of the fence should be calculated, the natural ground level minus the increase applies. The problem that arises from this is that you lose your privacy and also the neighbor. That is why your neighbor wants to increase the height of the fence, but he is not allowed to do so. What you are allowed to do to protect your privacy to some extent is on the one hand to prohibit the increase and on the other hand to erect a hedge at the permitted distance from the property boundary. You can of course also look for solutions together with your neighbor.Neem de volgende stap
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