diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/tools/item/move-tool.tsx b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/item/move-tool.tsx
index 1eaffb0c..03da9e27 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/tools/item/move-tool.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/item/move-tool.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type {
   WindowNode,
 } from '@pascal-app/core'
 import { nodeRegistry } from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { Suspense } from 'react'
 import { Vector3 } from 'three'
 import { sfxEmitter } from '../../../lib/sfx-bus'
 import useEditor from '../../../store/use-editor'
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import { MoveElevatorTool } from '../elevator/move-elevator-tool'
 import { MoveFenceTool } from '../fence/move-fence-tool'
 import { MoveRegistryNodeTool } from '../registry/move-registry-node-tool'
 import { MoveRoofTool } from '../roof/move-roof-tool'
+import { getRegistryAffordanceTool } from '../shared/affordance-dispatch'
 import { MoveSlabTool } from '../slab/move-slab-tool'
 import { MoveSpawnTool } from '../spawn/move-spawn-tool'
 import { MoveWallTool } from '../wall/move-wall-tool'
@@ -122,6 +124,18 @@ export const MoveTool: React.FC<{
     return <MoveRegistryNodeTool node={movingNode} />
   }
 
+  // Phase 5 Stage D: registry-driven move affordance (kind-owned
+  // `DragAction` with bespoke semantics). Falls through to the legacy
+  // per-kind chain below when the kind hasn't ported its move tool.
+  const RegistryMove = getRegistryAffordanceTool(movingNode.type, 'move')
+  if (RegistryMove) {
+    return (
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <RegistryMove node={movingNode} />
+      </Suspense>
+    )
+  }
+
   if (movingNode.type === 'building')
     return <MoveBuildingContent node={movingNode as BuildingNode} />
   if (movingNode.type === 'door') return <MoveDoorTool node={movingNode as DoorNode} />
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/tools/shared/affordance-dispatch.ts b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/shared/affordance-dispatch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fc35c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/shared/affordance-dispatch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { nodeRegistry } from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { type ComponentType, lazy } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * Phase 5 Stage D — runtime lazy-load of a kind's affordance tool.
+ *
+ * The editor can't statically import from `@pascal-app/nodes` (the
+ * nodes package depends on editor — static imports would cycle). The
+ * kind declares its drag-affordance components in
+ * `def.affordanceTools[<key>]: () => import('./<name>-tool')`; this
+ * helper resolves that to a `React.lazy` component at the call site.
+ *
+ * Returns null when the kind doesn't declare the affordance — callers
+ * mount the legacy fallback in that case.
+ */
+const lazyToolCache = new WeakMap<() => Promise<unknown>, ComponentType>()
+
+export function getRegistryAffordanceTool(
+  kind: string,
+  affordance: string,
+): ComponentType<any> | null {
+  const def = nodeRegistry.get(kind)
+  const loader = def?.affordanceTools?.[affordance]
+  if (!loader) return null
+  const cached = lazyToolCache.get(loader)
+  if (cached) return cached
+  const Comp = lazy(loader as () => Promise<{ default: ComponentType<any> }>)
+  lazyToolCache.set(loader, Comp as unknown as ComponentType)
+  return Comp as unknown as ComponentType<any>
+}
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/tools/tool-manager.tsx b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/tool-manager.tsx
index a231d2f8..b4d51407 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/tools/tool-manager.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/tools/tool-manager.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { MoveFenceEndpointTool } from './fence/move-fence-endpoint-tool'
 import { ItemTool } from './item/item-tool'
 import { MoveTool } from './item/move-tool'
 import { RoofTool } from './roof/roof-tool'
+import { getRegistryAffordanceTool } from './shared/affordance-dispatch'
 import { SiteBoundaryEditor } from './site/site-boundary-editor'
 import { SlabBoundaryEditor } from './slab/slab-boundary-editor'
 import { SlabHoleEditor } from './slab/slab-hole-editor'
@@ -49,26 +50,6 @@ function getRegistryTool(tool: Tool | null): ComponentType | null {
   return Comp
 }
 
-/**
- * Lazy-loads the kind's drag-affordance component from
- * `def.affordanceTools[name]`. Lets editor consume kind-owned tools
- * from `@pascal-app/nodes` without a static import (which would create
- * a circular dep: nodes already depends on editor).
- *
- * Returns null when the kind doesn't declare the affordance — caller
- * renders the legacy fallback in that case.
- */
-function getRegistryAffordanceTool(kind: string, affordance: string): ComponentType<any> | null {
-  const def = nodeRegistry.get(kind)
-  const loader = def?.affordanceTools?.[affordance]
-  if (!loader) return null
-  const cached = lazyToolCache.get(loader)
-  if (cached) return cached
-  const Comp = lazy(loader as () => Promise<{ default: ComponentType<any> }>)
-  lazyToolCache.set(loader, Comp as unknown as ComponentType)
-  return Comp as unknown as ComponentType<any>
-}
-
 const tools: Record<Phase, Partial<Record<Tool, React.FC>>> = {
   site: {
     'property-line': SiteBoundaryEditor,
diff --git a/packages/nodes/src/fence/actions/move.ts b/packages/nodes/src/fence/actions/move.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9f7616e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes/src/fence/actions/move.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+import {
+  type AnyNode,
+  type AnyNodeId,
+  type DragAction,
+  type FenceNode,
+  type LevelNode,
+  sceneRegistry,
+  useLiveTransforms,
+  useScene,
+  type WallNode,
+} from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { type FencePlanPoint, snapFenceDraftPoint } from '@pascal-app/editor'
+import type * as THREE from 'three'
+
+/**
+ * Phase 5 Stage D — whole-fence move drag affordance.
+ *
+ * Migrates `MoveFenceTool` (302 LoC legacy) to the `DragAction` primitive.
+ *
+ * Visual strategy — **live-drag exception** (see
+ * `editor/wiki/architecture/tools.md`): instead of writing the new
+ * start/end into the scene store on every pointer tick (which would
+ * re-rebuild the fence geometry — many posts, many infill panels —
+ * every frame), the action keeps the underlying node untouched during
+ * the drag and visually offsets the mesh directly via
+ * `sceneRegistry.nodes.get(id).position` plus a mirror entry in
+ * `useLiveTransforms`. On commit, the final start/end are written to
+ * the scene with the single-undo dance — one Ctrl-Z reverses the whole
+ * drag, the geometry rebuilds once.
+ *
+ * Linked-fence cascade: any other fence in the same parent whose
+ * start or end matched one of this fence's endpoints at activation
+ * follows the move so corners stay connected. No alt-detach (legacy
+ * doesn't expose it for the whole-fence drag).
+ */
+
+function samePoint(a: FencePlanPoint, b: FencePlanPoint): boolean {
+  return a[0] === b[0] && a[1] === b[1]
+}
+
+type LinkedFenceSnapshot = {
+  id: FenceNode['id']
+  start: FencePlanPoint
+  end: FencePlanPoint
+}
+
+function snapshotLinked(args: {
+  fenceId: FenceNode['id']
+  parentId: string | null
+  originalStart: FencePlanPoint
+  originalEnd: FencePlanPoint
+}): LinkedFenceSnapshot[] {
+  const { fenceId, parentId, originalStart, originalEnd } = args
+  const { nodes } = useScene.getState()
+  const out: LinkedFenceSnapshot[] = []
+  for (const node of Object.values(nodes)) {
+    if (!node || node.type !== 'fence') continue
+    if (node.id === fenceId) continue
+    if ((node.parentId ?? null) !== parentId) continue
+    if (
+      !(
+        samePoint(node.start, originalStart) ||
+        samePoint(node.start, originalEnd) ||
+        samePoint(node.end, originalStart) ||
+        samePoint(node.end, originalEnd)
+      )
+    )
+      continue
+    out.push({
+      id: node.id,
+      start: [node.start[0], node.start[1]],
+      end: [node.end[0], node.end[1]],
+    })
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+function linkedCascade(
+  linked: LinkedFenceSnapshot[],
+  originalStart: FencePlanPoint,
+  originalEnd: FencePlanPoint,
+  nextStart: FencePlanPoint,
+  nextEnd: FencePlanPoint,
+): LinkedFenceSnapshot[] {
+  return linked.map((l) => ({
+    id: l.id,
+    start: samePoint(l.start, originalStart)
+      ? nextStart
+      : samePoint(l.start, originalEnd)
+        ? nextEnd
+        : l.start,
+    end: samePoint(l.end, originalStart)
+      ? nextStart
+      : samePoint(l.end, originalEnd)
+        ? nextEnd
+        : l.end,
+  }))
+}
+
+function setMeshOffset(fenceId: AnyNodeId, deltaX: number, deltaZ: number): void {
+  const mesh = sceneRegistry.nodes.get(fenceId) as THREE.Object3D | undefined
+  if (mesh) mesh.position.set(deltaX, 0, deltaZ)
+}
+
+function setLiveTransform(
+  fenceId: AnyNodeId,
+  originalStart: FencePlanPoint,
+  originalEnd: FencePlanPoint,
+  deltaX: number,
+  deltaZ: number,
+): void {
+  const cx = (originalStart[0] + originalEnd[0]) / 2
+  const cz = (originalStart[1] + originalEnd[1]) / 2
+  useLiveTransforms.getState().set(fenceId, {
+    position: [cx + deltaX, 0, cz + deltaZ],
+    rotation: 0,
+  })
+}
+
+function clearLiveState(fenceId: AnyNodeId, linked: LinkedFenceSnapshot[]): void {
+  setMeshOffset(fenceId, 0, 0)
+  useLiveTransforms.getState().clear(fenceId)
+  for (const l of linked) {
+    setMeshOffset(l.id as AnyNodeId, 0, 0)
+    useLiveTransforms.getState().clear(l.id)
+  }
+}
+
+export type MoveFenceCtx = {
+  fenceId: AnyNodeId
+  originalStart: FencePlanPoint
+  originalEnd: FencePlanPoint
+  parentId: string | null
+  linkedOriginals: LinkedFenceSnapshot[]
+  levelWalls: WallNode[]
+  levelFences: FenceNode[]
+  // Mutable: latched on the first preview call to the snapped pointer
+  // position. Subsequent previews compute delta = pointer - dragAnchor.
+  dragAnchor: FencePlanPoint | null
+}
+
+export type MoveFenceDraft = {
+  start: FencePlanPoint
+  end: FencePlanPoint
+  deltaX: number
+  deltaZ: number
+  linkedUpdates: LinkedFenceSnapshot[]
+}
+
+export const moveFenceDragAction: DragAction<MoveFenceCtx, MoveFenceDraft> = {
+  begin: (input) => {
+    const fence = input.node as FenceNode | undefined
+    if (!fence) throw new Error('[moveFenceDragAction] begin requires a fence node')
+    const parentId = fence.parentId ?? null
+    const originalStart: FencePlanPoint = [fence.start[0], fence.start[1]]
+    const originalEnd: FencePlanPoint = [fence.end[0], fence.end[1]]
+
+    const { nodes } = useScene.getState()
+    const levelNode =
+      parentId && nodes[parentId as AnyNodeId]?.type === 'level'
+        ? (nodes[parentId as AnyNodeId] as LevelNode)
+        : null
+    const levelWalls: WallNode[] = []
+    const levelFences: FenceNode[] = []
+    if (levelNode) {
+      for (const childId of levelNode.children ?? []) {
+        const child = nodes[childId as AnyNodeId]
+        if (!child) continue
+        if (child.type === 'wall') levelWalls.push(child)
+        else if (child.type === 'fence') levelFences.push(child)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      fenceId: fence.id as AnyNodeId,
+      originalStart,
+      originalEnd,
+      parentId,
+      linkedOriginals: snapshotLinked({ fenceId: fence.id, parentId, originalStart, originalEnd }),
+      levelWalls,
+      levelFences,
+      dragAnchor: null,
+    }
+  },
+
+  preview: (ctx, point, _modifiers) => {
+    const snapped = snapFenceDraftPoint({
+      point: [point[0], point[1]],
+      walls: ctx.levelWalls,
+      fences: ctx.levelFences,
+      ignoreFenceIds: [ctx.fenceId as string],
+    })
+    // Latch the anchor on the first preview tick — matches legacy
+    // "drag is delta from first move" semantics so the fence doesn't
+    // jump to wherever the activation click landed.
+    if (!ctx.dragAnchor) ctx.dragAnchor = snapped
+    const deltaX = snapped[0] - ctx.dragAnchor[0]
+    const deltaZ = snapped[1] - ctx.dragAnchor[1]
+    const nextStart: FencePlanPoint = [ctx.originalStart[0] + deltaX, ctx.originalStart[1] + deltaZ]
+    const nextEnd: FencePlanPoint = [ctx.originalEnd[0] + deltaX, ctx.originalEnd[1] + deltaZ]
+    return {
+      start: nextStart,
+      end: nextEnd,
+      deltaX,
+      deltaZ,
+      linkedUpdates: linkedCascade(
+        ctx.linkedOriginals,
+        ctx.originalStart,
+        ctx.originalEnd,
+        nextStart,
+        nextEnd,
+      ),
+    }
+  },
+
+  apply: (draft, ctx, _scene) => {
+    // Live-drag exception — visual-only via mesh.position + useLiveTransforms.
+    // No scene.update during the drag (would re-rebuild fence geometry every
+    // tick). The scene store still has the original start/end; commit() writes
+    // the final values.
+    setMeshOffset(ctx.fenceId, draft.deltaX, draft.deltaZ)
+    setLiveTransform(ctx.fenceId, ctx.originalStart, ctx.originalEnd, draft.deltaX, draft.deltaZ)
+    for (const linked of ctx.linkedOriginals) {
+      setMeshOffset(linked.id as AnyNodeId, draft.deltaX, draft.deltaZ)
+      setLiveTransform(linked.id as AnyNodeId, linked.start, linked.end, draft.deltaX, draft.deltaZ)
+    }
+    // Return no dirty IDs — geometry rebuild deferred to commit.
+    return []
+  },
+
+  commit: (draft, ctx, scene) => {
+    // Reject when nothing moved — falls through to action.cancel which
+    // clears the live-drag visual state.
+    if (draft.deltaX === 0 && draft.deltaZ === 0) return false
+
+    // Single-undo dance — paused history during drag means nothing
+    // was recorded. We didn't scene.update during apply either (live-
+    // drag exception), so the snapshot is empty and restoreAll is a
+    // no-op. Resume history, then write the final draft. Zundo
+    // captures one diff: original → final.
+    scene.restoreAll() // no-op (no scene updates during apply)
+    scene.resumeHistory()
+    scene.update(ctx.fenceId, {
+      start: draft.start,
+      end: draft.end,
+    } as Partial<AnyNode>)
+    for (const linked of draft.linkedUpdates) {
+      scene.update(
+        linked.id as AnyNodeId,
+        {
+          start: linked.start,
+          end: linked.end,
+        } as Partial<AnyNode>,
+      )
+    }
+
+    // Clear live-drag visual state — the scene store now has the final
+    // values, so the renderer will re-mount the mesh at its real position
+    // and useLiveTransforms is no longer needed.
+    clearLiveState(ctx.fenceId, ctx.linkedOriginals)
+    return true
+  },
+
+  cancel: (ctx, _scene) => {
+    // Clear live-drag visual state so the mesh snaps back to the
+    // original (still-unchanged) scene position. No scene rollback
+    // needed — we never wrote anything.
+    clearLiveState(ctx.fenceId, ctx.linkedOriginals)
+  },
+}
diff --git a/packages/nodes/src/fence/definition.ts b/packages/nodes/src/fence/definition.ts
index c7b1adee..869e0519 100644
--- a/packages/nodes/src/fence/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes/src/fence/definition.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ export const fenceDefinition: NodeDefinition<typeof FenceNode> = {
     // actions/move-endpoint.ts (linked-fence cascade, alt-detach,
     // single-undo dance). Wrapper owns the angle label + detach badge.
     'move-endpoint': () => import('./move-endpoint-tool'),
+    // Triggered by useEditor.movingNode when the moving node is a
+    // fence. Whole-fence rigid translation with linked-fence cascade.
+    // Pure logic in actions/move.ts uses the live-drag exception
+    // (mesh.position + useLiveTransforms) to avoid rebuilding fence
+    // geometry every pointer tick; commits the final start/end with
+    // the single-undo dance.
+    move: () => import('./move-tool'),
   },
 
   toolHints: [
diff --git a/packages/nodes/src/fence/move-tool.tsx b/packages/nodes/src/fence/move-tool.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c307216a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes/src/fence/move-tool.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+'use client'
+
+import { type FenceNode, useLiveTransforms } from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { CursorSphere, triggerSFX, useDragAction, useEditor } from '@pascal-app/editor'
+import { useViewer } from '@pascal-app/viewer'
+import { moveFenceDragAction } from './actions/move'
+
+/**
+ * Phase 5 Stage D — thin React wrapper around `moveFenceDragAction`.
+ *
+ * Replaces the legacy `MoveFenceTool` (302 LoC). The action owns all
+ * the math (snap + linked cascade + live-drag mesh offsets +
+ * single-undo dance on commit). The wrapper just renders the cursor
+ * sphere and tracks its position from the live-transform store.
+ *
+ * Mounted by ToolManager when `useEditor.movingNode` is a fence
+ * (capability-driven dispatch — fence has no `movable` capability, so
+ * the legacy MoveTool's per-kind branch chain falls through to here
+ * via the new affordance dispatch).
+ */
+export const FenceMoveTool: React.FC<{ node: FenceNode }> = ({ node }) => {
+  const fenceId = node.id
+  const originalCenter: [number, number, number] = [
+    (node.start[0] + node.end[0]) / 2,
+    0,
+    (node.start[1] + node.end[1]) / 2,
+  ]
+
+  // Live position from the live-transforms store — the action writes
+  // here every preview tick (live-drag exception). Falls back to the
+  // original center until the first move.
+  const liveCenter = useLiveTransforms((s) => {
+    const t = s.get(fenceId)
+    return t?.position ?? originalCenter
+  })
+
+  const exitMoveMode = (committed: boolean) => {
+    if (committed) triggerSFX('sfx:item-place')
+    useViewer.getState().setSelection({ selectedIds: [fenceId] })
+    useEditor.getState().setMovingNode(null)
+  }
+
+  useDragAction({
+    active: true,
+    action: moveFenceDragAction,
+    initial: {
+      node,
+      point: [originalCenter[0], originalCenter[2]],
+    },
+    onCommit: () => exitMoveMode(true),
+    onCancel: () => exitMoveMode(false),
+  })
+
+  return (
+    <group>
+      <CursorSphere position={liveCenter as [number, number, number]} showTooltip={false} />
+    </group>
+  )
+}
+
+export default FenceMoveTool