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The reasons for the Neighbour objections are as follows:
1. The area is over developed.
Councils are trying to increase density within suburbs, and adding a single dwelling to a 700+sqm lot isn't overdevelopment of your site
2. Lack of street parking for the area
Irrelevant, as long as you are providing enough parking for each dwelling on the site (i.e. 1 parking space for 2BR dwellings, 2 parking spaces for 3+BR dwellings)
3. Overloading of electricity, gas and water
If any assets will be overloaded as a result of this development (which I highly doubt) then they will be upgraded as part of the development process, in accordance with the conditions set out in the planning permit.
4. Garbage collection difficulty
An additional bin on the nature strip isn't going to impact on the neighbourhood at all!
5. Too many cars on the street, increasing the risk of accident to young children
One extra dwelling in a street will have virtually no impact on traffic levels
MY QUESTIONS
1. Should I talk to objectors before they appeal to VCAT?
2. How should I deal with them nicely
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I talked to a town planner in the Monash Council on 18 Jan and get advice that the Council give objectors 21 days to appeal to VTAC from 19 Jan. If they appeal to VCAT, VCAT will send letter to the Council. If they do not appeal, the Council will approve my town planning application.
The reasons for the Neighbour objections are as follows:
1. The area is over developed.
2. Lack of street parking for the area
3. Overloading of electricity, gas and water
4. Garbage collection difficulty
5. Too many cars on the street, increasing the risk of accident to young children
The objections come from 3 members in the same family. I find that their objections are quite unreasonable.
MY QUESTIONS
1. Should I talk to objectors before they appeal to VCAT?
2. How should I deal with them nicely
12 Feb 2011: Get the Council Approval Letter
10 Mar 2011: Going to Submit the Landscape to Council
hi again
re:
Subdivide the land prior building the rear unit (I did that)
- Connect electricity, water, gas, sewage, stormwater etc.
(you don't have to connect all these, only stormwater (council), sewer (water co) and power (power co). gas & phone can be done later.
- Bond $5000 each house
(Bond for what?)
- Renovate the existing
(you make this sound like a simple thing, I just did mine, a lot of work!!)
- Garage for existing house to be built
(May not be worth it - just make a car space)
- Obtain Statement of Compliance for the existing house (unit 1)
(not sure what you mean, I got SOC from water co & power co when we set up connections (finished) sent to council so they would sign off on my subdivision permit.)
- Sell the house and land with long settlement and subject to get the separate titles if possible.
(I don't think you can sell it without separate title sorted)
JUST some thoughts...
see my blog for my journey on this exact kind of journey!
exhausting....
hi again
JUST some thoughts...
see my blog for my journey on this exact kind of journey!
exhausting....