Fencing Contractors Melton
Select Fencing Sunbury builds Colorbond and timber boundary fences in Melton, farm fencing for bigger blocks, and new gates and repairs for any of them. Your quote comes free and in writing, and you can ring us from about 6am to 8pm to talk it through.
- Some estates around Melton require Colorbond and others ban it. We price whichever yours allows.
- A single panel, a leaning run or a dropped gate can be quoted on its own.
- Give us the rough metres, and we'll measure on site where needed.
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Fences for Melton's estates, streets and acreage
Melton mixes new estates, older streets and acreage at the town's fringe, and the fence changes with each.
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Colorbond fencing in Melton
Pre-painted steel sheets that never need a brush. Check your estate first: Atherstone asks for Colorbond, Thornhill Park doesn't allow it.
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Timber fencing in Melton
Capped and lapped palings, where each board overlaps the next and a rail runs along the top. Council's half-cost policy uses timber as its standard, too.
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Sleeper retaining walls
Where the ground falls away, a sleeper wall levels it under the fence. Atherstone limits street-facing walls to 1 m per step and 1.8 m in total.
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Pool fencing
Glass or aluminium pool barriers, with gates that close and latch by themselves.
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Farm and acreage fences
Ringlock (woven stock mesh) or plain post and wire for the larger lots around town, with farm gates to match.
New estate fence rules around Melton
Estates around Melton don't agree on fences. One asks for Colorbond, one bans it, and one lets you choose.
Atherstone and Thornhill Park are in the City of Melton's growth suburbs rather than the old township.
Editions change, and a newer Atherstone edition may read differently. Go by the guidelines on your own title.
| Estate | What its guidelines say |
|---|---|
| Atherstone | Between lots, Colorbond or similar in Woodland Grey, with a 1.8 m maximum. Shale Grey is also listed for corner fences. A front fence is optional, open style, 1.2 m at most (1 m on a corner).Atherstone design guidelines, March 2021 (PDF) (opens in a new tab) |
| Thornhill Park | No Colorbond or aluminium. Side and back fences are capped and lapped timber with the posts showing, standing between 1.8 m and 1.95 m. No fencing is allowed forward of the house.Thornhill Park design guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new tab) |
| Toolern Waters | Masonry, Colorbond or timber, at least 1.8 m between lots, and no front fences. Fencing must be done no later than 30 days after your occupancy permit is issued (that's the certificate saying the house is fit to live in).Toolern Waters design guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new tab) |
Council help with a fence next to a reserve
Replacing a fence that backs onto a council reserve? Melton City Council's fencing policy can pay up to half, capped at $6,000 excluding GST per request.
That cap is council's limit on its share, not what a fence costs.
Check it qualifies
It covers replacing an existing fence beside council land. Repairs, a first fence at subdivision, road and drainage reserves, front boundaries and industrial lots are all excluded.
Timber sets the amount
Council pays towards a standard timber fence up to 1.95 m. Choose Colorbond and the extra is yours.
Two written quotes and an inspection
You send the application form with two written quotes. Council inspects the old fence before work and replies within 14 days.
A private neighbour instead?
Registered owners can use council's Fencing Request Form to get the contact details for the land next door.
Council decides every request. If you're counting on council paying half, wait for its answer before you book the work.
Hills, stone walls and flood ground in Melton
The planning scheme puts the City of Melton on the Victorian Volcanic Plain, and some of its fence rules come from overlays, extra planning rules written for that landscape.
Volcanic hills
Around Mt Kororoit, Mt Cottrell and Mt Atkinson, an overlay needs a permit for most fences. Open farm styles 1.8 m tall or less are exempt: timber post and wire, post and rail, ringlock or chain mesh.
Melton Planning Scheme: volcanic hills landscape overlay (SLO1) (opens in a new tab)
Dry stone walls
Dry stone walls are stacked stone with no mortar. Seven heritage listings protect them, including the She-Oak Hill and Greigs Road walls, and a new fence at those places needs a heritage permit.
Melton Planning Scheme: list of heritage places (opens in a new tab)
Ground that floods
Where flood mapping applies, fencing needs planning approval. Melton has two versions of its flood rule, and one of them lets you replace an old fence with the same type and material without a permit.
Melton Planning Scheme: flood overlay (LSIO2) (opens in a new tab)
Overlays are mapped property by property. Look your address up on VicPlan before choosing a style.
Permits and disputes in Melton
For fence height, the state building rules apply here. A building surveyor or Melton City Council can tell you whether yours needs a building permit.
- Planning permits through VicSmart
- When a front fence in a residential zone, or a fence in an overlay, needs a planning permit, it can go through VicSmart. That's council's quick-track process, with a 10 business day target.Source: Melton City Council: VicSmart (opens in a new tab)
- The Toolern growth area
- South of the township, around Cobblebank and Weir Views, a fence closer than 3 m to the street needs no planning permit if it stays under the state's height limit for front fences. A building surveyor can give you that limit for your street. This area is separate from Toolern Vale.Source: Melton Planning Scheme: Toolern growth area zone (UGZ3) (opens in a new tab)
- Disagreements
- Council doesn't settle fence disputes. The Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria handles those, on 1300 372 888.
General information only. Rules change with your address, title and estate stage, so check with Melton City Council first.
Questions about fencing in Melton
Every block is different. Confirm the rules for yours with Melton City Council or your estate before you book.
Get a free quoteUsually not for an ordinary back or side fence. State building rules set the height limits, and an overlay or heritage listing may mean planning approval as well. A building surveyor or council can confirm it for your address.
Whatever your guidelines allow. Estates near Melton differ: Atherstone wants Woodland Grey Colorbond, while Thornhill Park doesn't allow it at all.
Source: Thornhill Park design guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Only when you're replacing a fence next to a council reserve or other council-owned land. Council pays up to half of a standard timber fence, capped at $6,000 excluding GST, after it has inspected the old one.
Source: Melton City Council: contribution to fencing costs policy (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Registered owners can ask Melton City Council through its Fencing Request Form. Once you've made contact, the usual rule is that you each pay half of a basic fence that suits the area, such as 1.8 m timber palings.
Source: Melton City Council: fencing information (opens in a new tab)
No. Toolern Waters' guidelines don't permit front fences. Between lots, the fence must stand at least 1800 mm tall, measured from natural ground. It has to go in within 30 days once the occupancy permit is issued. Those guidelines stop applying five years after settlement.
Source: Toolern Waters design guidelines (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Yes. An overlay around those volcanic hills needs a permit for most fences, though open farm styles 1.8 m tall or less are exempt.
Source: Melton Planning Scheme: volcanic hills landscape overlay (SLO1) (opens in a new tab)
Towns next to Melton
Our installers also work in these towns around Melton.
- Fencing in Toolern ValeOne of the City of Melton's rural areas, on the first protected stretch of Kororoit Creek.
- Fencing in Diggers RestThe township sits on the Melton side of the Calder Freeway, with Hume to the east.
- Fencing in SunburyOver the Hume boundary, with timber-only estates and its own creek rules.
Your Melton fence, priced in writing
Give us the fence type and a rough length. If a council contribution is involved, say so in the notes.
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How it works
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Fence style and a rough run in metres.
Site measure if needed
In an estate, tell us its name and we price to its rules.
Written quote
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Install day
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