Fencing across the Yarra Valley
Boundary fences on town blocks and post and wire on farms, from Chirnside Park to Warburton. Tell us the job and we'll contact you as soon as possible.
We connect you with a local fencer who works in the Yarra Valley.
Ask for a quoteThe Yarra River at Wonga Park. Photo: Luke Steenhuis, CC BY-SA 4.0
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
- Post and wire for a paddock, or a fence that keeps stock inFarm fencing
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. The farmland overlays don't require a permit for rural post and open-weave wire under 1.8 m; the ranges overlays don't for a fence 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.
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.
Suburbs on this site
- The edge of Melbourne
- Lilydale, Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Wonga Park (Manningham, Maroondah, Yarra Ranges)
- The lower valley
- Coldstream, Yering, Yarra Glen, Tarrawarra, Dixons Creek, Steels Creek
- Healesville and around
- Healesville, Chum Creek, Badger Creek
- Seville and Wandin
- Gruyere, Seville, Seville East, Wandin North, Wandin East
- The Upper Yarra
- Woori Yallock, Yellingbo, Launching Place, Yarra Junction, Wesburn, Millgrove, Warburton, Gladysdale, Hoddles Creek
All of them are in Yarra Ranges Shire except part of Wonga Park. Your property report says which council and which overlays are yours.
Ask for a quote
Tell us where you are and what needs doing, and we'll contact you as soon as possible.