I have just received a planning permit for a rear dwelling subdivision from Banyule council however this is under the proviso that we connect up the stormwater for the new rear dwelling, not to the existing properties stormwater, but to the end of the main street (approximately 65 metres from front of block up to the main street).
I am new to this game but to me it seems highly unfair that I must pay for infrastructure that I will actually have no ownership over. I am told that council is making me pay for this upgrade of infrastructure due to the fact that I am the first person on my side of the street to develop. had I have been the second, I would have been entitled to simply tap into the unfortunate first person's upgrade at no substantial cost.
I have enquired as to the possbility of utilising a retention pit on the block to enable controlled release of the stormwater. council has advised they would only accept this as a solution if the proposed stormwater upgrade was going to interrupt existing sevices. Unfortunately a dial-before-you-dig analysis shows that this would not be the case. So I guess I am relegated to doing the councils bidding?? I am peeved because I really feel like the council is simply using me to upgrade their own infrastructure without any cost to themselves (I thought this was why I paid rates)
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A few questions for my learned friends out there:
1) has anyone encountered this issue and do I have any relevant argument against having to run 65 metres of stormwater instead of being able to tap into the front dwelling's stormwater?
2) If I do go ahead with this - am I entitled to any reimbursement in the future should any of my neighbours want to tap into this for future developments?
I am new to this game but to me it seems highly unfair that I must pay for infrastructure that I will actually have no ownership over. I am told that council is making me pay for this upgrade of infrastructure due to the fact that I am the first person on my side of the street to develop. had I have been the second, I would have been entitled to simply tap into the unfortunate first person's upgrade at no substantial cost.
I have enquired as to the possbility of utilising a retention pit on the block to enable controlled release of the stormwater. council has advised they would only accept this as a solution if the proposed stormwater upgrade was going to interrupt existing sevices. Unfortunately a dial-before-you-dig analysis shows that this would not be the case. So I guess I am relegated to doing the councils bidding?? I am peeved because I really feel like the council is simply using me to upgrade their own infrastructure without any cost to themselves (I thought this was why I paid rates)
Smilies
A few questions for my learned friends out there:
1) has anyone encountered this issue and do I have any relevant argument against having to run 65 metres of stormwater instead of being able to tap into the front dwelling's stormwater?
2) If I do go ahead with this - am I entitled to any reimbursement in the future should any of my neighbours want to tap into this for future developments?