Property and Strata Reform
How should a Clause 4.6 request be assessed?
Clause 4.6 variation requests under Local Environmental Plans (LEP) are often relied upon where Development Applications (DA) contain a contravention of a local development standard. Specifically, a consent authority, or a Court acting in a consent authority’s...
Strata Defects Regime for high-rise residential buildings in NSW
On 15 July 2017, Project Lawyers published an article on the proposed introduction of Part 11 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015. Now that Part 11 has been introduced, owners corporation and developers should familiarise themselves with the requirements of the...
Deadline for Window Safety Devices in NSW
Owners Corporations must install window safety devices From 13 March 2018, the owners corporations of all strata residential buildings in New South Wales are under a duty to install a complying window safety device, at the owners corporation’s expense, on all affected...
NSW Land and Environment Court makes Important Findings Relating to Strata Renewal Proceedings
Project Lawyers, acting for the applicant in the recent decision of The Owners - Strata Plan 49574 v Scorpio Holdings (Aust) Pty Ltd & Ors [2018] NSWLEC 54, successfully obtained orders from the Court requiring a respondent (dissenting lot owner) in strata renewal...
Tips and Traps for Developers and Builders – The Building Bond Scheme in the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW)
Recent building bond changes to strata legislation in NSW, due to commence on 1 January 2018, will require Developers to pay a compulsory building bond to the NSW OFT prior to obtaining any occupation certificate (whether interim or final), for potential building...
New Possibilities for Owners and Developers – The Introduction of Strata Renewal in NSW
One of the perennial challenges in redeveloping aging and under-utilised strata development sites in NSW has been the requirement to secure unanimous agreement of the lot owners. That threshold requirement has proven to be exceedingly difficult to meet, except in...
