Hi,
Long-time lurker, first time poster.
We are building in Meredith, Vic, within the borders of the Golden Plains Shire Council. We have an official hand-over date of 15th March. Our septic system went in early last week and yesterday we received the following from the Shire:
HOW LONG UNTIL I RECEIVE MY CERTIFICATE TO USE?
Your Certificate to Use will be issued as soon as possible, however please allow up to 10 business days from the date of this email (this may be delayed further if the final inspection reveals that further works are required - an Environmental Health Officer will contact the applicant/installer directly to discuss in such circumstances). Due to other workload commitments and in fairness to other applicants we are unable to give your application special priority. Any requests to deviate from this policy will not be looked upon favourably so please do not waste time doing so. For new dwellings do not book in removalists or give notice for current living arrangements until your ‘Certificate to Use’ and ‘Occupancy Permit’ have been issued.
(The red bold is the Council's font).
We had already booked our removalists before we received the above email. We can continue to live where we are currently for a while longer, so we don't have a problem with not moving in until we get the nod from the council, but all our possessions are in storage (with expensive daily rates if it's not for a full month), so we'd like to get them moved in if we could.
What could be the repercussions of us moving our stuff in before we get the Occupancy Permit?