Holly Grove conservation area advice - dispute with housing assoc

[TTW]

We are having a dispute with a neighbouring housing association property and I'm wondering if anyone can advise. The garden wall between our two properties has partially collapsed. After two years(!) of umming and erring the housing association has admitted that the wall is their responsibility. However, rather than fix/rebuild it, they want to tear it down and stick up a fence (the cheap option). FWIW the resident of the property would like it to remain a wall (as do we).

We live in the Holly Grove conservation area and assumed that the wall (which appears to date back to the construction of the houses) would need to be rebuilt. The housing association say they have consulted the rules and they do not apply to rear garden walls.

Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated!

[redpost]

As they said, I doubt the conservation area status applies to the area.

Legally, there is no compulsion to repair a fence only remove it if dangerous, you don't even need to put up a fence at all.

I guess your only option is to ask them if you can pay for the wall, adopt the old one, rebuild and then it would be your responsibility to maintain.

[ryelane]

Read the conservation area appraisal on Southwark website, and find the bit that references your property. It?s unlikely but it may reference something about rear gardens. Or you can report it to planning enforcement and see what they say if it?s bothering you