Fence repair or new panels

Hello, Firstly, provided you're within your boundary limits there's no planning requirement for fencing under 2m. However, check to make sure that you are responsible for the maintenance of said boundary as opposed to your neighbours. It's also wise to inform your neighbours of any changes just to keep things sweet. It sounds, though I can't be sure without images, like you have two types of fencing: close-board and panel. Panel fencing is as described; normally 6ft panels into either concrete or wooden posts. It's very easy to replace these yourself with cheaper overlap panels costing appropriately £25 avg. Or you can put up more money for close-board panels but the fit and the dimensions will remain consistent. You may need to chock the panels in the concrete posts to stop them rattling in the wind if its not a tight fit. Your second style of fencing sounds like close-board because of the staggered posts. The fence is essentially built from scratch using feather-edge boards tacked onto rails between posts (bays). It is often the standard as it works well with undulating terrain and you can vary the widths of the bays to dodge obstacles (tree roots and old concrete etc). Similarly, it is much easier and cheaper to repair and replace indivual feathers as opposed to whole panels. If you choose to move the boundary, expect to pay more per meter for this style of fencing. Hope this helps Dan

I would definitely ask the neighbour but also if your trying to get land what is not yours you could end up having to take it down so I wouldn’t really do that

Hi you would be much better to get a qualified fencer round to the property and he counld give you a much better solution