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What is the best way to create a tall "fence" /or trellis for plants to climb on.

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.39 PM

I want to create a tall support structure for plants to climb on, something around 2.5 m high. This is bordering a neighbour's fence and I know that 2 m is the highest permitted but I thought if I could just put some posts and some wires across then that is not strictly a fence and the plants that would grown on the wires would do the job of hiding their ugly tall fence. Problem is I have no idea what materials I should use for this and how to support such a tall -if relatively lightweight- structure so that it is secure. any help and pointers to the right materials or techniques that I can research myself would be much appreciated.

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Buildscape SW Ltd

Rating: 4.9 out of 5

Newton Abbot

I took this from the crime prevention website, You will require planning permission for any new fence, gate or wall over 2m in height. This will normally include the addition of trellis panels on top of an existing fence if this takes the overall height to above 2m. This may technically also include the addition of wires and brackets to carry a climbing shrub, although this can sometimes be open to interpretation You do not require planning permission to grow a thorny plant along the top of your 2m fence (providing there are no support structures over 2 metres) unless there are covenants or restrictions So you couldn't extend the post's over 2m as they are support structures. I suggest something like a climbing hydrangea, they are strong enough to happily keep growing above the top of your fence.

Answered6 May 2016