I'm not sure pre-DA will really give you much, we went to one, with an arborist report and got a clear green light, but the warning is that any feedback isn't binding and may change upon full DA review and submission.
Only way out of the loop:
1) don't buy a property with a tree,
2) do a quick DA submission with minimal time and effort and change once approved,
3) sink $25k, lots of time effort and love into the prefect design then submit to council and hope
(PS I'm still holding out that hope will get us through to a new home because what we've planned is prefect for us)
Yeah look at all options. You might have to reapply or appeal the decision.
It's weird the two arborist report came back with different results?
Hopefully the tree can be removed soon!
@ Orph
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