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Finally, I have officially got stamped plans without any conditions now... First of all thank you all for your support and advice when I needed the most. Its been a very interesting journey and a lot of things have been new, surprising and interesting ofcourse. But this is not the...

Thank you Melanie At the end of DPC meeting with Council the neighbour said he is not happy with the results. He demand all what he wants. I have been thinking about it for a while as the next step is VCAT where I am sure chances are that I will have a say but that would add 6-7 months to...

Today I had the DPC meeting. The Council decided to issue me a notice with minor condition which I agreed to. The Neighbour is still not happy. He may go to VCAT adding 6-7 months to the process. Any idea on how to negotiate with Neighbour??? Just agree to what ever he is telling as...

Here are the recent development in the process: We have finished advertising for 14 days period as required by the council. We have received one objection from our neighbour. The interesting bit is, I read the objection and I agreed to address all the concenrs in the letter to resolve the...

Hi Bobby Thank you for your suggestions. To be honest with you, I would agree with you on this because its not that easy but not impossible either. In a way if I get through I may save some money on expert advice but that wasn't the sole motive actually. First thing I didn't have enough...

Thank you for detailed description and some really important suggestions. Finally, I have submitted all the documents to Council last week. Also started advertising this week so in a wait state for next 14 days as required by council and then waiting from Council Decision. Thank you once...

Now, we have prepared all the drawings and will be submitting them to council next week. Preparing the reports was the hardest part. Also, is there any sample/suggestion for how to prepare the Schedule of Materials or its just a simple tabular form details? Also, a big thanks to Christian...

Yes you are right, but I haven't got to that point so will keep you posted of the outcomes as it happens. Thank you for bringing the point.

Thankyou for your suggestion Christian Can you give me an estimate of how much would it cost for a Town Planner to prepare my TP application to submit to council? Will a town planner be able to tell me if this proposal will work or not?

Thank you Christian I would agree with you here engaging the Experienced Planner but the problem is funding. On other hand, if the same plans can be approved just by a better argument, I personally do not like that kind of approach but thats life I guess. I will give it a go for the...

Thank you Christian. The problem is that from planning side, I am handling all the issues. The draftsman is only responsible for floor plan you can say. I have gone through all the rules and the plans comply with them except the ones where there are no parameters - Neighborhood character...

Thank you for your quick response. I have taken care of the size i.e. (10m X 4m), access (direct access from living / dining). The issue is it falls in the South West Corner of the block i.e. 4m on south wall and 10m on West wall. This block is pretty much absolute North facing on the...

Again, I tried to address the issues raised by the Town Planner. Reduced the bulk by creating the space between the first floor of the buildings. Next issue now, the private open space for the unites is in the West Corner of the land. Specially the second unit's Private Open Space is in...

The issue I had is related to the approach. Every time I wanted to clarify something I called the Coucil Helpdesk or took the plans to Council Helpdesk. The ladies / gents there gave me some suggestions / corrections I took those as advice from a planning point of view but those were not...

I have asked the Trafffic Engineer to prepare a report for me to support the application. Once I have received the reports and sorted all the other planning issues, I will submit the application for planning permit. There are many things can happen as you know just would wait and see what...

There are some interesting opinions I am getting when I speak to Traffic Engineers. One I spoke to said the rule is to have minimum of 6.2m setback on a traffic light intersection. The other one said the rule is 20m. If its 6.2m then my design would work if its 20m then the council is...

First of all thank you all for a great support exactly when I needed. Today I received a formal reply from Council. The planner said, the traffic engineers will not allow any crossover North of where they are now. So in short what she is telling me is to amend the plans to share the same...

Thank you for your feedback. Actually I met the actual planner who will be assessing my application in the Pre-Planning meeting. The issue is the road on the North side is in Road Zone 1 and at the Red Light so Vic Roads told me that they will not allow the Cross Over. Hence both the...

Yesterday I have been to the council and met the ACTUAL planner. She came back with some points which are pretty much the show stopper. One of them is the Garage Cross Over. Actually this is a corner site at the Traffic Light and the traffic engineers will have issue allowing the cross...

Today I been to the city council with my tentative design. They were happy with every thing else except the drive way in front of double garage. I have allowed 3.5 m but council insist it should either be 2m or more than 5m to discourage parking if less than 5m. But reducing to 2m would...