kiwipaul said
You can use these unapproved alterations in your case at CTTT to show the unreasonbleness of the objections. Also if a neighbour had to give approval for any building that affected their view the building industry would grind to a halt.
KP is absolutely right and the mechanism you could use to force the EC’s hand is an order by the CTTT under section 158 for them to impose a by-law on the grounds that you are prepared to accept the cost of ongoing maintenance but the Owners Corporations are being unreasonable in their refusals, delays and the conditions they are imposing.
This is what section 158 says:
158 Order with respect to by-laws conferring exclusive rights or privileges over common property
(1) An Adjudicator may make an order prescribing the making, amendment or repeal, in terms of the order, of a by-law if the Adjudicator finds:
(a) on application made by an owner, that the owners corporation has unreasonably refused to make a by-law of the kind referred to in section 51, or
(b) on application made by an owner or owners corporation, that an owner of a lot, or the lessor of a leasehold strata scheme, has unreasonably refused to consent to the terms of a proposed by-law of that kind, or to the proposed amendment or repeal of such a by-law, or
(c) on application made by any interested person, that the conditions of such a by-law relating to the maintenance or upkeep of any common property are unjust.
(2) In considering whether to make an order under this section, an Adjudicator must have regard to:
(a) the interests of all owners in the use and enjoyment of their lots and common property, and
(b) the rights and reasonable expectations of any owner deriving or anticipating a benefit under a by-law of the kind referred to in section 51.