Colorbond boundary fences between neighbours, matching side gates, pool fences, timber fences and repairs: licensed fencing contractors quote for jobs in Thornton, Woodberry, Beresfield and Tarro from an enquiry to Fencing Maitland, including the estates where Maitland's planning rules limit fence styles.
Fencing services in Thornton
- Colorbond fencingSteel side and back fences between Thornton's brick-veneer homes, with matching side gates.
- Timber fencingTreated pine and hardwood paling fences, lapped and capped.
- Pool fencingGlass and aluminium pool fences and self-closing pool gates.
- GatesSide, driveway and sliding gates built, hung, rehung and relatched.
- Fence repairsPosts, rails, palings and steel sheets replaced; storm damage fixed.
- Rural fencingPost and wire fences where an estate backs onto bushland or open land.
- Front fencesPicket, slat and heritage-style front fences and pedestrian gates.
Fence costs in Thornton
Published fence prices per metre
| Fence | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Colorbond, Newcastle and Hunter region (NSW guide) | $85 – $135 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Colorbond, 1.8 m, installed (NSW) | $85 – $150 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Treated pine paling, 1.8 m, installed (NSW) | $75 – $130 per m | The Quote Yard |
| Colorbond, standard 1.8 m, installed (Sydney) | $100 – $160 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
| Aluminium pool fence, installed (Sydney) | $120 – $200 per m | North Shore Fencing and Gates |
Checked 28 October 2026. No Maitland fencing business publishes prices. The Quote Yard is a NSW quote marketplace (August and September 2026, GST not stated); North Shore Fencing and Gates is a Sydney contractor (2025 guide, GST included). Your own price comes after the fence line has been seen.
Colorbond fence costs Timber fence costs Pool fence costs
What a fence quote in Thornton needs
- The length in metres and the height, and which boundary the fence is on
- What's there now, and whether the old fence comes out first (more than 10 m² of fibro must be removed by a licensed asbestos removalist)
- Whether a neighbour shares the boundary: under the Dividing Fences Act they usually share the cost, after a fencing notice
- The ground: slope, rock, tree roots, and access for posts and materials
- Photos of the fence line and anything in the way
Radburn Estate: no fences in front of the 6 m building line
In Thornton's Radburn Estate, Maitland DCP 2026 says that for lots whose main frontage faces a public reserve, "No fencing (boundary fencing or otherwise) is to be erected forward of the 6.0m building line setback" (10.3.7). Check which way your lot faces before planning a front fence there.
Woodlands Estate: open fencing in the bushland
For the Woodlands Estate, the DCP says solid panel fencing "is not supported in a bushland environment", except to screen pools, entertaining areas and acoustic fencing next to a home, and that "open mesh or rural type (post & wire) fencing is acceptable" (10.3.6). If your lot is bush fire prone, an exempt fence must also be hardwood or non-combustible; see fence approval rules.
Hermitage Close has its own control for open-style front fencing (10.3.8). These DCP controls apply when a fence is part of a development needing consent; estate covenants on your title apply regardless.
Thornton North and the flood fringe
Across the Thornton North urban release area, which includes Chisholm, the DCP asks for open-style front fencing of consistent design, and post and wire fencing on rural and flood-fringe allotments. On a flood control lot, a new house fence isn't exempt development; see fences on flood-prone land.
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Fencing questions in Thornton
Can I build a front fence in the Radburn Estate?
If your lot's main frontage faces a public reserve, Maitland's DCP says no fencing is to be built forward of the 6 m building line setback. Other lots follow the ordinary front fence rules.
Can I put up a Colorbond fence in the Woodlands Estate?
The DCP doesn't support solid panel fencing in the Woodlands bushland setting, except to screen pools and entertaining areas or as acoustic fencing next to a home. Open mesh or post and wire fencing is acceptable.
Do Thornton fences need approval?
Most side and rear fences up to 1.8 m are exempt development if the lot isn't a flood control lot or heritage-affected. Estate DCP controls and covenants can still limit the style.
Where this information comes from
The prices and local details on this page come from these published pages, checked on 28 October 2026.
- North Shore Fencing and Gates: fencing cost guide Sydney 2025 · Sydney fencing contractor (Lindfield), price guide titled 2025; "all quoted prices include GST"
- The Quote Yard: fencing costs NSW 2026 · NSW quote-comparison marketplace (it doesn't do trade work itself), price guide published 14 August 2026; GST not stated
- The Quote Yard: timber fence cost NSW 2026 · NSW quote-comparison marketplace, price guide published 8 September 2026; GST not stated
- Maitland DCP 2026, Chapter 10: Special Precincts, Locality Plans and Urban Release Areas · Maitland City Council, in effect 14 April 2026
- State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 · NSW planning policy: cl 1.16, 2.25, 2.30AA–2.30AB, 2.33–2.36, 3.29; read from the version in force from 31 October 2025
- NSW RFS: Planning for Bush Fire Protection · NSW Rural Fire Service; PBP 2019 section 7.6 (fences and gates); a draft PBP 2026 was exhibited in August–September 2026 and isn't in force
