Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The total length of fences that are more than 2m in height and that are constructed on, or within 150mm of, a side or rear boundary of an allotment, or that total length combined with the length of any wall, or carport, or wall and carport constructed in accordance with regulation 415(2), must not exceed the greater of the following lengths—
(a) 10m plus 25% of the remaining length of the boundary of an adjoining allotment; or
(b) the length of any wall or carport constructed on an adjoining allotment that is on or within 150mm of the boundary of that allotment and that abuts those fences.
(2) A fence constructed on or within 150mm of a side or rear boundary of an allotment in accordance with this regulation must not exceed—
(a) an average height of 3m; and
(b) a maximum height of 3·6m along the boundary.
(3) Despite sub-regulation (2), if a fence abuts an existing wall it may be constructed to the same height as that wall.
(4) This regulation does not apply to a fence if it is—
(a) constructed on or within 150mm of a boundary that is a side or rear street alignment; or
(b) provided to comply with regulation 419 or with a planning scheme that regulates the same matter as regulation 419 and—
(i) is not more than 2·5m in height; and
(ii) the part of the fence between 2·0m and 2·5m in height has between 20% and 25% of its area open.
(5) The report and consent of the relevant council must be obtained to an application for a building permit in relation to a design that does not comply with this regulation.