Fencing Ballarat
Fence installation for Ballarat backyards and paddocks
Ballarat fencing, from heritage pickets in town to farm wire on the paddocks, installed by our local fencing contractors. We install Colorbond and cyclone fencing too, in Ballarat and in Buninyong, Creswick, Miners Rest and the towns nearby.
We handle gates and fence repairs as well. If your yard slopes, a sleeper retaining wall of long timber or concrete beams keeps the top part from slipping down.
- Your written quote is on us
- Our installers are insured
- We quote in Ballarat and the shires around it
Free fencing quote for Ballarat
Let us know your suburb or town, the fence you want and about how many metres.
Fences and gates
Fencing contractors in Ballarat
Tell us what the fence has to do, whether that's privacy, keeping a dog in or holding stock, and we'll suggest one.
Colorbond fencing in Ballarat
Colorbond steel makes a private boundary that won't rot and needs very little looking after.
Some land titles come with a covenant, a legal condition that can fix the fence colour or height. If yours has one, mention it when you ask for a quote and we'll match it.
Colorbond fencing
Farm and rural fencing around Ballarat
Out of town, we install plain wire, barbed wire, ringlock (farm wire mesh) and electric fences.
Each run is tensioned against strainer posts, the heavy posts at either end that the wire is pulled tight to.
Farm fencing
Other fences and gates
Timber Fencing
Paling, picket and slat fences in treated pine or hardwood.
Blade Fencing
Blade fences that keep a front yard open to the street, in steel or aluminium.
Cyclone Fencing
Chain mesh to fence in a tennis court, a school or a commercial yard.
Gates
Gates in the same material as the fence, from a side gate to a farm gate.
Sleeper Retaining Walls
Retaining walls of timber or concrete sleepers to hold up a bank of soil.
Fence Repairs
Loose posts, storm damage and missing palings or sheets.
How it works
How a fence quote in Ballarat works
Tell us about the job
Add your name and phone number so we can call if we have a question about the job.
We visit if the job calls for it
For some jobs, we'll come and look at the site first, on a day you pick.
Your quote comes in writing
You don't pay for it, and you can decide in your own time.
We install it
Our installers mark out the line, stand the posts, then hang the sheets, palings or wire.
Homes, estates and farms
Fencing jobs we quote for around Ballarat
Colorbond to the Lucas covenant
The City of Ballarat's Western Growth Area takes in parts of Bunkers Hill, Lucas and Smythes Creek. On Lucas Stage L2, the covenant requires Colorbond side and rear fences in Woodland Grey, no higher than 1.8 m.
Colorbond fencingLucas Stage L2 covenant
Toward the street
Between 1 m behind the house's front wall and the front boundary, side fences step or slope down from 1.8 m to 1.2 m. We can install that stepped run in Woodland Grey.
Front fences on heritage streets
Ballarat's Heritage Overlay, a planning control that protects how an area looks, covers precincts called Lake Wendouree, Soldiers Hill and Black Hill. If your house is in one, replacing the front fence starts with a planning permit.
Picket and timber fencesBallarat heritage precincts
Who does what
Ask us to quote a picket or timber front fence that fits the era of the house. The permit application goes to the City of Ballarat in your name.
Paddocks, horses and lifestyle blocks
The planning scheme calls Ballarat's rural land some of the richest farming country in Victoria. Around Learmonth, Burrumbeet and Miners Rest, we quote for stock fencing, horse fencing and post and rail.
Farm fencingBallarat Planning Scheme, clause 02.03
Barbed wire on a street boundary
The City of Ballarat's fence fact sheet says a fence with barbed wire next to a street needs a building permit.
A sleeper wall with a fence on top
Where the ground drops away, we can build a timber or concrete sleeper wall and the fence on top in one job. The council's fact sheet measures the fence's height from natural ground level, meaning the ground as it was before any digging or filling.
Sleeper retaining wallsCity of Ballarat fence fact sheet
Check the wall as well
The fact sheet says a retaining wall that's part of the fence can need its own building permit, so ask the council before work starts.
Shared fences
Splitting a boundary fence with next door
Each side usually pays half
The fence on the line between two blocks is a dividing fence. Victoria's Fences Act generally has both owners share what it costs.
Sort it out before work starts
Nobody should start digging until next door has agreed, or until you've gone through the steps in the Fences Act. Step one is a written fencing notice saying what you want built and what it costs. Go ahead without either, and vic.gov.au says next door doesn't have to chip in.
How the Fences Act worksThe old fence may be off the line
The City of Ballarat warns against assuming an existing fence sits on the boundary. A boundary fence is a private matter between neighbours, and the council doesn't need to be involved.
One quote for both of you
If you'd like, we'll lay out the quote so your neighbour sees exactly the same price you do.
Ground and digging
What's under the fence line around Ballarat
Post holes go deep, so we check what the ground's like along your line when we come out to measure.
Basalt
Around Ballarat, the ground can be basalt left by old lava flows. If the measure turns up basalt on your line, the quote covers how we'll dig through it.
Goldfields country
The Ballarat East goldfield runs from Black Hill south to near Buninyong. Victoria's map of old mine shafts is public on DataVic, so you can look up the area around your block before any digging starts.
Pipes and cables
Before new post holes are dug, we check Before You Dig Australia plans for anything buried along the line.
Permits and rules
Fence rules and permits in Ballarat
Height usually decides whether a fence needs a permit, though the cut-off is lower near the street or a corner. Heritage and flood overlays can add a planning permit.
Your council is usually the City of Ballarat. Ballan is in Moorabool Shire, Smythesdale in Golden Plains Shire and Daylesford in Hepburn Shire.
Check with council
- Fact sheet
Building permit heights
The City of Ballarat requires a building permit for any fence over 2 m high. Within 3 m of the street, that drops to 1.5 m, or 1.2 m if the fence is brick or concrete.
City of Ballarat fence fact sheet - Building permits page
Corner blocks
Within 9 m of the street corner, measured both ways along your boundary, anything over 1 m needs a building permit. That height is measured from the footpath.
City of Ballarat building permits - Regulation 89
Front fence height
None of Ballarat's residential zones sets its own front fence height, so the state rule applies. That rule sets 1.5 m within 3 m of most streets and 2 m beside a freeway or main arterial road, called a declared road. A taller front fence needs the council's consent as well as a building permit.
Building Regulations - Heritage Overlay
Heritage precincts
Ballarat's heritage precincts include Lake Wendouree, Sturt Street, Mount Pleasant / Golden Point, Buninyong, Learmonth and Albert Street in Sebastopol. In any of them, a fence that people in the street or a park can see takes a planning permit, though lanes don't count.
Heritage Overlay, clause 43.01 - Flood overlays
Flood-prone land
In the Burrumbeet Creek flood overlay, a repair that keeps the same design and materials needs no permit. New flood overlays are proposed for 11 Ballarat waterways, so check with council first.
Flood overlay, Burrumbeet Creek - Bushfire Management Overlay
Bushfire areas
Some land in Ballarat is in a Bushfire Management Overlay, which flags a higher fire risk. If yours is, talk to the council before you start.
Bushfire overlay, clause 44.06 - Pools and courts
Pools and tennis courts
The council's fact sheet says a pool or spa barrier fence always needs a building permit, while chain wire around a tennis court doesn't.
City of Ballarat fence fact sheet
Where we quote
Suburbs and towns around Ballarat we quote for
We quote right across Ballarat's suburbs, the townships around it and the shires next door.
Somewhere else? Ask us, because our installers take on jobs in Melbourne and all over regional Victoria. Every area we cover
Get a free quoteCity of Ballarat
- Ballarat
- Ballarat East
- Wendouree
- Soldiers Hill
- Black Hill
- Redan
- Sebastopol
- Delacombe
- Alfredton
- Bonshaw
- Mount Clear
- Mount Helen
- Buninyong
- Brown Hill
- Bunkers Hill
- Smythes Creek
- Cardigan
- Miners Rest
- Learmonth
- Burrumbeet
- Warrenheip
- Creswick
Creswick, Buninyong and Smythes Creek are also listed by a neighbouring shire, so check which council covers your address.
Council fencing pageNewer estates
- Lucas
- Winter Valley
Moorabool Shire
- Ballan
- Bacchus Marsh
Golden Plains Shire
- Smythesdale
Hepburn Shire
- Daylesford
Ballarat fencing questions
Fencing in Ballarat FAQs
Not for an ordinary boundary fence in timber or steel. You'll need one above 2 m, or above 1.5 m near the street and 1 m near a corner. Barbed wire beside a street and any pool barrier need one too.
For Stage L2 lots, the covenant sets a deadline of six months from your occupancy permit, the certificate that lets you move in. The developer also approves the design first, and the site plan it checks includes the fencing. Other stages can differ.
If it's privately owned, send the City of Ballarat a Property Owner Details Request. If you think the council owns it, lodge an eServices request or call its Property team on 5320 5500.
The council points people to the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria, which mediates for free. Its Ballarat office is listed at 206 Mair Street.
Generally, yes, for what the law calls a sufficient fence. On a rural block, vic.gov.au gives a wire and post fence as an example. Victoria Legal Aid's advice is that an owner who wants a dearer fence than that usually pays the difference.
Length, material and height set most of the price, then the ground and how easy the line is to get to. Basalt in the line takes longer to dig through. The quote you get is free and gives the total, and it says whether we can remove the old fence.
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