Wellington, FL Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Section 6.4.1.A.5.c of Wellington's Land Development Regulations requires a building permit before a fence or wall goes in anywhere in the village, with no exemption based on height or material. If the fence sits along a designated major thoroughfare and includes a hedge, the applicant also needs a separate removal/planting permit, called a VRP, obtained as part of that same building permit application. Repairs are covered too: Section 6.4.1.A.5.d requires a new building permit any time the damage being fixed reaches 20 percent or more of the length of a fence or wall section, where a section is defined as the run of fence or wall located along one property line.

A repaired or replaced section under that permit has to match the color and material of the fence or wall that stayed in place. Fences and walls that were legally built before April 10, 2007 and do not meet current LDR standards keep legal non-conforming status under Section 6.4.1.A.5.a, but that status only survives if the owner can show the fence was legally installed in the first place, and it is lost once a repair or replacement covers more than 30 percent of the fence or wall's total length, at which point the whole run must be brought up to current code. Fences, walls, and hedges built by Wellington itself are exempt from these LDR permit standards under Section 6.4.1.A.5.b.