Hi LL
You have my sympathy. The erosion of the rights of property owners over the last few decades has been slow, insidious and near complete (although I'm sure there is still a bit left they could grab). If governments at any level want to protect vegetation, streetscapes or buildings, in my view they should pay for them!
Planning schemes get ever more prescriptive, vegetation controls move from the gum trees to the rose bushes and heritage values move from return verandahs to prestressed concrete boxes. I seriously wonder what we will be able to do with our own properties in another few decades... and whether any govt employees will actually be doing any useful work instead of driving around trying to work out the heritage values of xyz.
Not good!
You have my sympathy. The erosion of the rights of property owners over the last few decades has been slow, insidious and near complete (although I'm sure there is still a bit left they could grab). If governments at any level want to protect vegetation, streetscapes or buildings, in my view they should pay for them!
Planning schemes get ever more prescriptive, vegetation controls move from the gum trees to the rose bushes and heritage values move from return verandahs to prestressed concrete boxes. I seriously wonder what we will be able to do with our own properties in another few decades... and whether any govt employees will actually be doing any useful work instead of driving around trying to work out the heritage values of xyz.
Not good!