Hi folks,
I've been lurking on the forum for months and was looking forward to putting my build on which I still will when I'm feeling better.
The issue I have is that I bought a block of land (in East suburb of Melbourne) before the titles were released and then found out that the allowable building envelope percentage is 45% of my 680m2 and the house that took months to design and is now absolutely perfect takes up 50.13%. That's a 35m2 overflow. I've looked at it time and again and there's nothing I want to change. I just don't.
So I want to hear if anyone out there has gone to council for a planning permit to change their envelope side - especially if you won.
I'm going to fight it but the council, verbally, said they would not be very amenable to any change on the title. So it's probably a trip to VCAT. I'm looking for any experiences from all you wonderful folks just to put this issue into perspective. My wife is so stressed by it.
Thanks
SK