Fencing across the Dandenong Ranges and foothills
Boundary fences, front fences and farm fencing on steep, treed hill blocks. Tell us the job and we'll contact you as soon as possible.
We connect you with a local fencer who works in the hills.
Ask for a quoteSherbrooke Falls, Sherbrooke Forest. Photo: Rexness, CC BY-SA 2.0
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What needs doing?
- A shared fence that's falling down, and a neighbour to talk toWho pays for a dividing fence
- A higher fence, a front fence, or a fence in a heritage streetDo you need a permit?
- Trees and scrub in the way of a new fenceClearing a fence line
- A tree or a limb down across the fenceStorm damage to a fence
- An old fibro fence to replaceAsbestos fences
- A pool or spa barrierPool fencing
How it works
- Tell us the jobYour suburb, what needs doing, and a photo if you have one.
- We contact youAs soon as possible, about your job.
- No obligationYou decide whether to go ahead.
The numbers that decide a fence
Six figures from the Building Regulations, the planning schemes and the Fences Act. Your property report says which overlays are yours.
- 2 m
- The tallest fence with no building permit. Not for pool barriers. Fence permits
- 1.5 m
- Within 3 m of a street, or 1.2 m in masonry, and 1 m near a corner. Some councils set lower front fences.
- 1.8 m
- Yarra Ranges' landscape overlays. In the ranges, the overlays require a permit for a fence unless it is under 1.8 m and more than 75% see-through.
- 4 m
- Clearing along a boundary fence, both sides together, without a planning permit, when the conditions fit. Clearing a fence line
- 50/50
- A sufficient dividing fence is shared equally; a better one is paid for by whoever wants it. Dividing fences
- 30 days
- For a neighbour to answer a fencing notice before the work can go ahead without them.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Building Regulations 2018 (Vic), authorised version 031, Yarra Ranges Planning Scheme, Schedules to Clause 42.03 (SLO1–6, SLO22, SLO23), Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.12 (bushfire protection exemptions), Victoria Planning Provisions, Clause 52.17 (native vegetation) and Fences Act 1968 (Vic), authorised version 072.
Suburbs on this site, by council
- Yarra Ranges
- Olinda, Mount Dandenong, Kalorama, Ferny Creek, Tremont, Sherbrooke, Kallista, The Patch, Monbulk, Silvan, Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Selby, Upwey, Tecoma, Macclesfield, Montrose, Mount Evelyn
- Cardinia
- Clematis, Avonsleigh, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Nangana
- Knox
- The Basin, Ferntree Gully
- Maroondah
- Kilsyth South
- On a council boundary
- Sassafras (Knox or Yarra Ranges), Menzies Creek (Cardinia or Yarra Ranges), Emerald (Cardinia or Yarra Ranges), Upper Ferntree Gully (Knox or Yarra Ranges), Kilsyth (Maroondah or Yarra Ranges). Your property report says which council is yours.
Ask for a quote
Tell us where you are and what needs doing, and we'll contact you as soon as possible.