There's a similar housing development in Hull
In some parts, the front gardens aren't seperated in order to make it look all communal and social, you're not even allowed to put a garden fence up.

A mate of mine lives in Teesside, his neighbour had to jump through hoops to put a door on his open fronted garage.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 14:03, 1 reply)

Covenants...
...very common here in Australia. I can see that some covenants might seem strict, but you should see the tat that some people come up with.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 17:05, closed)

Convenants is right.
Among some sensible one's ,we had one on our old house that prevented us from putting any kind of brass plaque or nameplate on the front of the house. Apparently it was to prevent professional people plying their trade from their home in the 30s. We also had to buy the no building in the back garden covenant from the builder. Surprising that the builder was still around ,as he built the house in 1932.
( bane, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 18:57, closed)