How do you feel about the new development application in your street?
If you are here, you may be concerned about what exactly is proposed, and how the development might affect your property.
Although the new development might benefit your neighbour depending on the size and nature of the proposal, it may diminish the potential enjoyment and/or value of your property. Some of the common issues people may face when contending with new development include:
reduced sunlight to living rooms and outdoor entertainment areas during winter
view loss, such as blocking iconic, water or district views
inconsiderate placement of windows and balconies causing overlooking
large balconies or terraces generating excessive noise when people entertain outdoors
geotechnical and landslip impacts, which could destabilise the structural integrity of a home
the new building footprint may be too large to accomodate natural stormwater infiltration, potentially creating localised flood risks
additions that are too close to a side boundary, leaving the neighbour feeling hemmed-in
the architectural style seems completely out-of-step with prevailing pattern of the street
modern design that disrespects the heritage values of a historic area
Prevent undesirable development from occurring in your neighbourhood
iObject exists to partner with landowners in formally addressing their concerns with council, seeking to protect homes, lifestyles and investments. Our planning objection service offers landowners the opportunity to fix their neighbour’s development application before it becomes an unwanted problem.
Having the right professional support in your corner can mean the difference between negotiating a fairer outcome with council or living with detracting development in your street. It is common practice for the owners of the property that are submitting a development application (DA) to use a town planer to convince council to grant approval.
For every action, there is an equal & opposite reaction
On the other side of the fence, neighbours who might be negatively affected can either match this professional support by hiring a town planner to convince council otherwise – or self-represent at their own risk, much like going to court without a solicitor.
In an unequal contest where neighbours are not represented by a town planning expert, the applicant’s consultant planner may carry the most credible arguments to win over council, effectively unopposed. Therefore, responding to the applicant’s town planning support with strong counterarguments from a suitably qualified town planner is the most fitting approach to ensuring your planning rights are protected.
Success Stories
2 Stanley Cl,
ST IVES
44 Hopetoun Ave,
VAUCLUSE
17 High St & 19 Prospect St,
WAVERLY
26 Carrington Ave,
MOSMAN
What does working together look like?
iObject will advocate on your behalf to protect the features and value of your home. We seek to minimise the negative impacts of new development applications by.
PROFESSIONAL SUBMISSION
Composing professional submissions based upon planning grounds, rebutting any false or glowing appraisals made by the applicant’s Planning Statement.
OBJECTION SUPPORT
Offering additional objection support in dealing with development that does not fit in with the character of your area, utilising our innovative design review technique.
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Using our tried and tested relationship management approach, we advocate on your behalf by communicating in the same regulatory language used in the DA assessment process.
Are you aware of the risks of self-representation when dealing with planning regulation?
At iObject, we can advocate with council on your behalf, communicating planner-to-planner with the development application assigned assessment officer. By using a highly experienced and qualified town planner who speaks the same language as council’s planner, you will be well-equipped to stop an unwanted development application gaining approval.
Providing a strong rebuttal to any false or misleading statements made by the applicant’s town planner in their Statement of Environmental Effects (SEE) is crucial to ensuring council is fully-informed about the real impacts of the proposal before they make a decision. A typical SEE will often falsely claim that neighbouring site(s) will not be negatively affected by the development application. Using professional planning argumentation, submissions prepared by iObject will seek to counter-balance these claims, with the goal of safeguarding neighbouring amenity. This might include protecting your planning rights to solar access, views, privacy (acoustic and visual), and even streetscape character.
Our town planner will compose a detailed submission with compelling planning arguments that can be validated by the assessment officer as reasons to reject the SEE claims. By preparing textbook material that can be easily incorporated into the officer’s assessment report, iObject is able to create the right conditions to influence the development application in your favour.
