Thanks for your replies. thought that might be the case.
my issue is that to replace the gate could cost say $300-$400 then you add the legal costs of getting a by law drawn up & approved , then registered & consolidated , all up around say $1400. so final cost $1800 (abt) ,it makes it prohibitive to want to make these small changes, but thats the law .
Perhaps some time in the future the law makers will see the practicality of the outcome of these laws & rewrite them to reduce the barriers to lot improvement .
we live in hope
