Really appreciate the feedback, gives me confidence to move ahead many thanks Gaudi

I tried the nice neighbour thing when they put in their initial DA! Explained the impact on us, asked them to consider amending - they just ignored us, so got…

Thanks guys - update following call with council:
They say that this potentially invalidates the original approval and I should notify private certifier who will be obligated to issue a stop…

Thanks for advice - just to clarify, the 3rd storey is in the approved plans, I didn’t mean to confuse. They haven’t done anything wrong with that.
The issue I’m looking…

Hi and many thanks in advance for your help.
Neighbour got approval for reno which was a complete rebuild except for side and rear walls. Side wall (our northern boundary) was…