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Can you put a gate in your back wall?

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  • 16-08-2018 9:57pm
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    shelly24
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    We are looking at a house tomorrow and it’s an end house and the side wall of back garden backs onto the footpath, is it possible to put a gate into that wall?
    It’s semi d but small so we were thinking of extending (losing the side access) so Hubbie wondered if he could get his motorbike into garden through a gate.
    Thanks


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    L1011
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    New access is likely to need planning permission.


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    Gumbo
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    shelly24 wrote: »
    We are looking at a house tomorrow and it’s an end house and the side wall of back garden backs onto the footpath, is it possible to put a gate into that wall?
    It’s semi d but small so we were thinking of extending (losing the side access) so Hubbie wondered if he could get his motorbike into garden through a gate.
    Thanks

    Can depend on whether the roadway is public or private.
    Planningnpermission May be required to create the new entrance.


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    Wabbit Ears
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    We have wooden fences instead of walls and lots of people in my estate , myself included, made a section of that fence into a rear access Gate. My house backs onto a end of road turn-around.

    Id imagine knocking a section of wall may raise a lot more eyebrows and invite a questions from neighbours thats simply cutting a section of fence and putting hinges and a gate bolt in. Id be interested to hear if access like you propose is the 'done thing' in your estate.


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    Edgware
    Registered Users Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    shelly24 wrote: »
    We are looking at a house tomorrow and it’s an end house and the side wall of back garden backs onto the footpath, is it possible to put a gate into that wall?
    It’s semi d but small so we were thinking of extending (losing the side access) so Hubbie wondered if he could get his motorbike into garden through a gate.
    Thanks
    Best to check with the local council as every estate had different regulations


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