Ah - no problem. I wasn't sure if that was your house, or if yours was to the right of the photo [unseen]. That makes it easier then. I thought you were adding an internal wall where the path is. I take it the fence [on the left] is also yours? If so, you'd need permission for altering the height. It would also need to be a very substantial wall to hold back the weight of soil. I think you need to get someone in to check the regs on that, as well as approaching the planning dept of your council
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ah - no problem. I wasn't sure if that was your house, or if yours was to the right of the photo [unseen]. That makes it easier then. I thought you were adding an internal wall where the path is. I take it the fence [on the left] is also yours? If so, you'd need permission for altering the height. It would also need to be a very substantial wall to hold back the weight of soil. I think you need to get someone in to check the regs on that, as well as approaching the planning dept of your council
Yes I know it will be a big job and require various planning applications, but my question was really about planting and whether trees/hedges would be suitable to plant on the edge of this new retaining wall, the last thing I’d want to do is risk damaging it
Difficult to say, because it'll depend on the structure of the soil etc. If you were able to do it [the construction etc] by the end of the year for example, it would probably settle well by late spring, because of weather. You'd also need to top it up before planting. The longer you can leave it the better though. Just bear in mind that a hedge will need a gap so that you can get in behind it easily to maintain it. Don't want you balancing on a tall ladder from the car parking side
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ah - no problem. I wasn't sure if that was your house, or if yours was to the right of the photo [unseen]. That makes it easier then. I thought you were adding an internal wall where the path is. I take it the fence [on the left] is also yours? If so, you'd need permission for altering the height. It would also need to be a very substantial wall to hold back the weight of soil. I think you need to get someone in to check the regs on that, as well as approaching the planning dept of your council
Yes I know it will be a big job and require various planning applications, but my question was really about planting and whether trees/hedges would be suitable to plant on the edge of this new retaining wall, the last thing I’d want to do is risk damaging it
Thinking ahead a few years, I wouldn't recommend full size trees, their roots are capable of damage, but hedging, no problem. Just not leylandii. I wouldn't plant anything very greedy for water, as you should get really good drainage, what with the wall and rubble base.
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That makes it easier then.
I thought you were adding an internal wall where the path is. I take it the fence [on the left] is also yours? If so, you'd need permission for altering the height. It would also need to be a very substantial wall to hold back the weight of soil.
I think you need to get someone in to check the regs on that, as well as approaching the planning dept of your council
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Just bear in mind that a hedge will need a gap so that you can get in behind it easily to maintain it. Don't want you balancing on a tall ladder from the car parking side
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...