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Ah - the plot clears Had lunch yesterday with a friend that used to work with council planners ... and apparently, due to the 42 day guarantee for complying developments ... if the cutoff is approaching, and the duty officer hasn't gotten around to assessing the application (they are...

I really do wonder at the planning side of council ... we have a terrible intersection in our area - a dog leg of 4 roads coming together - that carries huge amounts of traffic. The council started building the first of two roundabouts at the intersection (making the traffic flow even more...

OMG - where on earth do they find these duty officers! :mad: DA submitted nearly 8 weeks ago - 2 hours spent in the council building ensuring all the documentation was correct ... included were DA application with very explicit details of what Act we were applying under and noting all...

... waiting for an aerial photo from 1990 to see what trees were there then before wholesale slaughter takes place ... this is on the tourist accommodation site - very heavily treed and big fire risk - more than happy to leave substantial amount of trees 20m wide along the boundaries and pockets...

Seriously I sometimes wonder if Council Duty Officers are there just to test how serious you are about a topic you are calling them about - before dispensing the required advice. Four phone calls and probably 2 hours of conversation before they pointed me in the direction of a very real...