Our property has rear access across a yard, but the neighbour apparently wants to build a 6 foot wall and change our walk across the yard.

We need to talk obviously, but as the work has started I fear the worst.

Not only will it make our 'walk' more hidden it will reduce light.

How high may walls be built without planning permission?

i know fences can not be higher than 6 foot, i think walls are the same. You can easily check by telephoning the council planning department up and ask,

Our property has rear access across a yard, but the neighbour apparently wants to build a 6 foot wall and change our walk across the yard.

We need to talk obviously, but as the work has started I fear the worst.

Not only will it make our 'walk' more hidden it will reduce light.

How high may walls be built without planning permission?

They cant just change it. They have to have your permission. Seek some legal advise.

Your first stop is to check your house deeds as there is likely to be some stipulations in there about access and possibly (though not probably) walls.

Subject to that, as long as the wall is on their property they can usually do what they like up to 2m tall (6 footish) and providing that you still have access. You have no 'rights to light',

As ever, all these matters are best sorted out over a cup of tea without a solicitor.

Good luck :)

If you are buying your home, the first point of call should be your mortgage lender.
It is their property until you pay off the mortgage. Normally one of the insurance companies, which the mortgage lender stipulates that you need to have, will have a free legal department to solve this type of problem, paid for out of your home insurance contribution.

Often problems like this occur when someone pays off their mortgage and believe that they can do what ever they like. But written in your house deeds, which you, and they, have agreed to abide when you signed them, Covenants most probably exist, and your,' unobstructed right of passage or right of way ' will be stipulated in them.

If you have purchased your home and do not have a lender. Obtain legal advise through your house insurance facility as soon as possible. At any meeting take a COPY of your House and Land Deeds with you. (Always have the original deeds safely stored).

Do not pick a argument with your neighbour(s) or talk behind their back about this.

Finally, I believe that a wall can legally be built up to 2.5 Mtrs high. (Eight foot four inch).
But this needs checking.
Do we have someone else on the forum to clarify this please? Thank you.

Thanks for all your replies, I didn't want to be ignorant and not thank you but I did not want to bring the topic back to the top, the neighbour may be reading!

I would like to speak to neighbour (we don't live there) but solicitor recommends waiting for deeds to see what he MAY do.

Walls on their property away from highway - max 2meters.

The solicitor is chasing the deed plans re access.

Thanks for all your replies, I didn't want to be ignorant and not thank you but I did not want to bring the topic back to the top, the neighbour may be reading!

I would like to speak to neighbour (we don't live there) but solicitor recommends waiting for deeds to see what he MAY do.

Walls on their property away from highway - max 2 Meters.

The solicitor is chasing the deed plans re access.

Can anyone clarify if the Hedge, Wall or Partition height between neighboring properties is two metres? And if a newly erected partition would actually require the mutual consent of the owners of the land freehold, All of the Mortgagee's and The local Council? before it is erected?

Because it is very important detail. Can anyone clarify it please?

Where's the idea that a mortgage lender owns a property been introduced.
They don't. They have a charge registered against the property for the value of the mortgage, that's all.

Where's the idea that a mortgage lender owns a property been introduced.
They don't. They have a charge registered against the property for the value of the mortgage, that's all.

I'm interested in the Hedgings Walls, Etc.

Though I'll add, If the lender foreclosers a mortgage, I would not like to be on the eventual receiving end!
As far as I'm concerned, It is their property until you have fullfilled your obligation to repay them. Other wise you should make your views known when you borrowed their money at the start!!