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Originally Posted by Sir Trev
Yes and no. The BOUNDRY usually belongs to the party on one side or the other, and it is their responsibility to maintain it. A FENCE may be bought and erected by either side but must not encroach on the land on the other side and technically if the side that does not own the boundary puts something ON the boundary without permission it's trespass and the owner could take it down.
It will be on The Land Registry plans. In the old days your solicitor's secretary used to use coloured pencils to highlight this on the docs you would go through during your purchase (one of Lady Poppy's previous jobs!) but these days it is denoted by symbols. The side of the boundary with the colour on it owns the boundary.
DJ - the pic you included seems to have some colour on it? Do a search on the Land Registry as you may be able to judge from their records.
Might be different in Scotland Bibs.
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It is highlighted in red to show the boundary of the property, as it is not a dashed line this would indicate the fence perimeter is the solid boundary. But it does not detail if it is the land owners fence, or that of the council.
It does sit on the outer perimeter (if that makes sense) enclosing the space, or at least separating it from the council land.
Seeing as it surrounds a parking area for residents, i assumed that it is the councils, and used to separate the land/border off the parking.
The house it belongs to is a coach house above the entrance into it. Their small outdoor space is bricked off next to their entrance stairs. Which would make it odd if this fence surrounding the car park is theirs to maintain.