Fencing across Hawkesbury City Council

What we install in Hawkesbury

• Colorbond fencing – new boundary fences and replacements in 1.5 m to 2.4 m heights, any Colorbond colour, either sheet profile
• Timber fencing – treated pine paling, lapped and lap-and-cap on galvanised steel posts
• Aluminium fencing – rust-free flat top, vertical picket, blade and slat aluminium fencing for coastal and front-boundary use
• Gates – Colorbond single and double gates, slat, louvre, timber, pool and sliding or automatic driveway gates

Ground, access and local conditions

Flood-prone Hawkesbury River flats around Windsor, Richmond and Pitt Town Bottoms; sandstone ridges and bushfire-prone land north of the river.

• Flood-liable land changes what is exempt and what should be built – open fencing that lets water through is often required on the flats.
• Acreage blocks in Kurrajong, Glossodia and Oakville use Colorbond around the house yard with post-and-rail or tubular on the frontage.
• New estates at Pitt Town, Vineyard and Bligh Park need standard 1.8 m Colorbond and side gates, often to a covenant colour.

Fence rules in Hawkesbury City Council

Under the NSW exempt development rules a boundary fence behind the building line can be up to 1.8 m high without approval on most residential lots. Hawkesbury City Council has extensive flood and bushfire mapping and heritage precincts (Windsor, Richmond, Pitt Town) that can remove exempt status – check first. Pool barriers must meet AS 1926.1-2012 regardless of council. Read our NSW pool fencing guide, and confirm anything about your own block with Hawkesbury council.