Really appreciate your posts here (and a small handful of other regulars) - keeps me visiting this place.

It's a general problem, Homeone is not the only forum affected by a decline in popularity over the last several years.
I think the crux of the problem is that the…

I once lived in a rented apartment with bad blinds and the bedroom window facing east. I hated it - the glare from the sun crept into the bedroom every…

I can't give a direct answer to your question - think you'd need to speak to a planner familiar with the queensland planning rules for that.
What I will say though,…

I'd just call the council and ask, my council for example has a couple of guys who specialise in complying development.

As I mentioned complying development overrides the council control, here's the link for you, this is all basic google-able https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/view ... -0572#pt.3 .
It says 290m2 so…

SejaeD Thanks for the inputs, will keep that in mind. Yes, I need to find someone I can work with and be on…

Yes they are but if you are in NSW you might want to find out if complying development is an option that is available as that will allow a much…

Is it worth getting a surveyor to re-assess the size of the land or is the DP generally spot on?
Interesting ... I'd just ask them directly whether they think that…

So a bit of background - we're in Sydney and years ago an architect did plans for an ex-owner, and he's tried to smuggle in every aspect of north-facing conceivable…

I wanted to get opinions on this.
Our house offers an outlook to the rear. The neighbour to the rear, in a lower down lot , has erected an unapproved privacy…

There are flooding issues in that council area because it is fairly flat but yet has clay soils and not a lot of remaining dirt. The council has spent money…

Good taste. I love our 100 yr old bricks in our equally old bungalow - it's as if they just dug out the local clay put it in a kiln…