5/08/2009Another Council stunt

The following has been brought to the editors attention.

About 2 years ago, a property owner at Clearview Road called a prof. tree remover to inspect a rubber tree next to his drive way. As everyone knows the worst neighbour you can have is a rubber tree. The property owner was worried about his bitumen drive way because there was a clear sgin that the roots are close to his drive way and a brick wall.

The roots have been trimmed back and the same happened with the tree. Some days later he received a NSC letter where he was thretened with legal action in case he would continue doing further damage to the tree.

Last week (2 years later) Council worker turned up and chopped down nearly the whole tree. And.....they poisoned the tree.

There is no need for further comment.

 
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Posted on: 8/5/2009 at 3:32 PM
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3/08/2009Confused Environment Department

Hi
In 2008 I watched on helplessly as my neighbour but one bulldozed an entire 10 acres of trees. I had phoned council, only to be told that they couldn't workout which block of land it was on their plans, so there was nothing they could do about it. There was no mention that they would drive over so I could point it out to them.
The owner has now sold the block and presumeably was never made accountable.

You really wonder if their hearts are in it at all.

 
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Posted on: 8/3/2009 at 4:03 PM
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17/07/2009Removing Trees For A New Road

The design of my subdivision was based on a newly built road. My concern was how I could minimise the destruction of trees. This could be possible if the new road was built in a meandering line, and even more trees could be saved if we would have split the road into two halves with a green belt in the centre. More than 20 trees could have been saved and the road would have become an unrivalled beauty. NSC said no because this would make the maintenance much harder. Unfortunately I haven seen only one maintenance truck in 3 years. I had to ring NSC several times and ask them to remove the lose gravel from the curb. In order to control weeds and grass on the new road, I have to spray a weed killer and use an air blower to remove accumulated grass and leaves from the curb. There is no NSC service.

 
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Posted on: 7/17/2009 at 12:45 PM
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17/07/2009Green belt

Months later I sold the bush block. The new owner received from NSC the same warning I received. Don't touch anything. I was surprised to see the new owner of a second sold block "cleaning up" his green belt between the road and his property. I made him aware that this could be a costly exercise, but I was told he is allowed to do this.

Next day I enquired in person to the NSC if the rules concerning clearing had changed. Instead of answering my question, I was asked to write a complaint about my neighbour. I asked her to answer my question if the law had been changed.

Sir, you must write a complaint. I explained again that I didn't want to complain about the new land owner, I just wished to know if I can do the same. Sir, you must write a complaint. Finally I wrote a complaint. The new land owner still continues cleaning up the green belt. Obviously his action must be legal. Why have I been told (and the new bush block owner) not to touch anything?

 
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Posted on: 7/17/2009 at 9:21 AM
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17/07/2009Don't touch anything!

Last year I decided to sell some of the lots. One block was a bush block. After the worst storm in our area some years ago, big fallen trees made it nearly impossible to inspect the property. I asked NSC if I can call professional tree clearer to remove the uprooted trees. The answer was NO. You must first come forward with a building application and then you are allowed to clear the house side. Removal of fallen trees will not be allowed as they are part of the habitats of animals. Obviously this young fellow was on a power trip. He even didn't listen to my question concerning the increased bushfire risk. I asked him why state authorities see the necessity to burn off forests and private people living under similar conditions are not allowed to do the same? No answer. He also denied the right to clear the fence line so I can build a fence. His last remark was "don't touch anything". Is his behaviour backed up by NSC?

 
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Posted on: 7/17/2009 at 9:19 AM
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