Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 9Jun 15, 2010 2:51 pm Timeline Aug 08-Land Mar 09-Demo/Titles Sept 10-Handover No1 Sept 11-Handover No2 April 12-Sold No2 Aug 14-Land/Demo Jan 15-Slabs viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25736 Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 14Jun 16, 2010 12:24 am Dealing with Hornsby Council? May the force be with you. I hear it's almost as bad as Ku-ring-gai Council. Your pre-DA meeting should help to iron out any problems early on. Judie Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 15Jun 16, 2010 11:58 am Pay full attention to the properties you are located near. I was located behind a hertiage property and it cost me 9 months of drama with Hornsby Council. They are very strict on trees, landscaped areas, Floor space ratio/site ratio etc. The town planner idea is good, and he will hopefully include the surrounding properties in his report. We purchased a subdivded block and one good thing for you to do is search the DA's on the HSC website, you will get an idea of how long a subdivision application took. It's all public info. Good luck i think you are going to need it but in the end it will be worth it. Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 16Jun 16, 2010 12:55 pm I think the key to dealing with the more particular councils around here is to educate yourself on the dcps and do your utmost to comply. They are not unreasonable they are just very strict. The people who fight council for 5 years are generally those who try to bend the rules too far. Council will allow for logical exceptions if the outcome of the dcp is still achieved. Pick your battle! Everything is online, you just have to take the time to read it all. Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 17Jun 16, 2010 10:14 pm Well today I had an over the phone meeting with the town planner at HSC (who had prior knowledge of the block). I have to say the meeting went extremely well. Got to admit the town planner was FAN BLOODY TAS TIC! Towards the end of the meeting, I told her about the "council stigma". She mentioned they want to approve paper work that occupies their desk, but b/c people try to bend the rules, things get bit complicated and as a result application sget delayed. So for now mb@147a , I'm agreeing with you It's still a long road ahead, but what I want to do to is keep close to this town planner and flag things as I go. Here is what I have been told so far by the council to achieve my end result i.e. to have 2 beautiful homes in this battleaxe property: 1. Build a house compliant to NSW building code. This is crucial if you want quick approvals. I'll find out this w'kend precisely which builders can tick all the building code boxes. 2. Get in touch with the guys from Parks & Landscape team (these guys will decide which trees stay or go) 3. Get quotes for the cost of our driveway and stormwater drainage. Where is that yellow pages book? At the end of the day I need to achieve the following: Construction certification->Sub division certification->land dept for titles. (timeframe for just the 3 process - allow 6 months). Hopefully after receiving the land titles we can commence the houses..... OOOAF! What a journey this is going to be....someone give me a drink Thanks again guys all for your responses. Cheers Jas Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 18Jun 17, 2010 7:05 am Well done Jas And Yay for you - you have started your building journey A really great outcome so far, and good on the council town planner, giving you such informative advice. jasong 1. Build a house compliant to NSW building code. This is crucial if you want quick approvals. I'll find out this w'kend precisely which builders can tick all the building code boxes. Do you mean a "Complying development" to gain the quicker approval? I think most builders will do this, and you can modify most project homes to suit. jasong 2. Get in touch with the guys from Parks & Landscape team (these guys will decide which trees stay or go) Great idea so you don't waste valuable time. You can design around the trees. jasong 3. Get quotes for the cost of our driveway and stormwater drainage. Where is that yellow pages book? Will send you a pm jasong ....someone give me a drink Oh you'll need plenty of those! Congrats Jas! Bel Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Battleaxe property and Hornsby council...where do I star 19Jan 28, 2023 8:39 pm Hi Jas Did you end up getting the properties built in the end? Have come across a similar scenario and curious how it all went for you (even tho it was a few years back) Thx Hum jasong Well today I had an over the phone meeting with the town planner at HSC (who had prior knowledge of the block). I have to say the meeting went extremely well. Got to admit the town planner was FAN BLOODY TAS TIC! Towards the end of the meeting, I told her about the "council stigma". She mentioned they want to approve paper work that occupies their desk, but b/c people try to bend the rules, things get bit complicated and as a result application sget delayed. So for now mb@147a , I'm agreeing with you It's still a long road ahead, but what I want to do to is keep close to this town planner and flag things as I go. Here is what I have been told so far by the council to achieve my end result i.e. to have 2 beautiful homes in this battleaxe property: 1. Build a house compliant to NSW building code. This is crucial if you want quick approvals. I'll find out this w'kend precisely which builders can tick all the building code boxes. 2. Get in touch with the guys from Parks & Landscape team (these guys will decide which trees stay or go) 3. Get quotes for the cost of our driveway and stormwater drainage. Where is that yellow pages book? At the end of the day I need to achieve the following: Construction certification->Sub division certification->land dept for titles. (timeframe for just the 3 process - allow 6 months). Hopefully after receiving the land titles we can commence the houses..... OOOAF! What a journey this is going to be....someone give me a drink Thanks again guys all for your responses. Cheers Jas Hey Setsquare Firstly thank you to all the kind comments here. Now to answer your question, it comes down to what budget you have. New South homes who are based at… 3 2178 Thanks for the insight! My plot is a new development so hopefully I won't have too much problem during build as everyone should be roughly building together. I also… 2 3725 Thanks Draftroom that definitely helps a heap. We are still at the very early stage of planning to see what kind of house would fit on our plot. While we are on a… 3 16407 |