I note the council’s advice they are only concerned with planning laws, so very important for the owner to realise this is not the same ass OC permission. We had a case of an owner wanting to carry out works that required DA approval and affected common property. Our SC gave permission to submit the DA (required by council) with a clear written statement to the owner that following council approval of the works they would still require a special resolution to carry out the works as permission to submit was not permission to construct. The owner was comfortable with that.