Our plans were lodged with council in the weeks leading up to Christmas. So in the first few days after the holiday's when Wisdom returned to business we were expecting to receive a DA number. This did not happen. Wisdom informed us that the plans had not been processed but sent back.
Penrith City Council has a requirement that there must be a minimum of 50% Landscaped area on the development. We came in at 47%!!
This was quite frustrating and came as a surprise as to us it looks like a few of the houses already built in our estate appear to have less than 50%.
This means our plans have gone back to the drawing board and Wisdom is working out a way to loose the equivalent of approx 1 brick in length (or less) from the house to meet this requirement, without making it a noticeable change to the house itself.
Another thing which I knew about but completely overlooked was that our block is on bushfire prone land. We were required to submit a Bushfire Assessment Report with our plans detailing the Bushfire Attack Level on the house. Thankfully this came in at 0-12.5 which is the lowest and should mean no extra changes to the plans or design of the house.
Hopefully this time we can comeback with good news and a DA number.
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