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@gardenbanter.co.uk says...
. Finally in your
opinion will my laurels be at fence height in about 5 years?

IME, in such a compact garden space laurel is a poor choice of privacy
screening; it's a thug, it will fill out and take up too much room.
Some evergreen hedging plants (escallonia, cotoneaster, ivy) can be
pruned to make a dense shallow evergreen barrier; laurel can't. Plus its
as ugly as sin :-) and much duller.

Janet.