Fencing in Stamford
Fencing for Stamford homes, with the town-wide conservation Article 4 direction checked before any road-facing boundary is designed.
Closeboard fencing in Stamford is a guide £80–£100 per metre supplied and fitted on concrete posts; slatted composite or aluminium runs from about £240 per metre fitted at 1.8m high. The fixed price follows our visit. Before cost, though, check location: inside the conservation area, an Article 4 direction removes permitted development for fences facing a road, footpath or open space.
- Closeboard, fitted
- £80–£100 per metre
- Planning
- Not needed up to 2m (1m by a road)
- Ground
- Limestone; usually free-draining
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Full breakdown: fencing cost guide.
Fencing in Stamford
Stamford is the one town we cover where the planning question often comes before the design question. The whole conservation area has been under an Article 4 direction since December 2018, and it covers fences and gates that face a road, footpath or open space. So the first thing we ask is where your boundary sits and what it faces. A rear fence between two back gardens is a very different matter from one alongside a lane.
Outside the conservation area, along the Victorian streets such as Empingham Road, Tinwell Road, Ryhall Road and Casterton Road, the 1920s housing around Melbourne Road and New Cross Road, and the newer estates on the north side, the normal rules apply. There we build closeboard timber on concrete posts with gravel boards, or composite and aluminium slatted fencing on aluminium posts, with matching gates and screens. Listed buildings anywhere in the town need consent first.
What makes Stamford different
Stamford sits on Lincolnshire Limestone with well-drained soils, which is kind to fence posts. Old cellars and rubble fill turn up behind older properties, though, and gardens near the Welland sit in an Environment Agency flood warning area, so we dig before we promise a post position. In the conservation area, the council's appraisal favours natural materials, so where a boundary faces a road we talk through what is likely to be acceptable before anything is designed.
A typical Stamford job is a Victorian or 1920s house with a long rear garden, where the old panels between neighbours have given up. It means removing the old fence, setting new concrete posts in the limestone, fitting gravel boards and closeboard, and sometimes a slatted screen near the house for a seating area.
Sources: Stamford Article 4 direction · Stamford conservation area appraisal.
Permissions in Stamford
- PlanningA fence, wall or gate is normally permitted development up to 2m high, or 1m where it sits next to a road or footpath used by vehicles. Listed buildings need consent, and some estates have planning conditions on front boundaries. Stamford's Article 4 direction brings some work facing a road, footpath or open space under planning control, so we check it against your address first. Planning Portal: fences, gates and walls
- TreesTrees in a conservation area need six weeks' notice before work, and protected trees need consent; both are free. Planning Portal: tree consent
- Design and priceWe measure up, check the ground and the planning position, and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get in Stamford
- Conservation area Article 4 position checked for every road-facing run
- Rubble fill and old cellar walls found before posts go in
- Welland flood warning area taken into account near the river
- Rear boundaries on Victorian streets rebuilt on concrete posts
- Concrete or aluminium posts set in concrete at the right depth
- Gravel boards so timber never sits in the soil
- Composite and aluminium slatted panels that never need painting
The specification
- Old fence taken down and away
- Post holes dug to depth and posts set in concrete
- Gravel boards fitted along the run
- Panels or boards fixed and capped
- Gates hung and latched
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing
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