At least with forced sales the 25% opposing get bought out/compensated. This proposal leaves up to 25% trapped in a building with ‘mixed use’ – which is “fundamentally incompatible”, so say the repeated and consistent judgments of the NSW Land and Environment Court – plus having to pay hand over fist for extra costs associate with STRs.
Sell up/move on – costs around $100k? Then three weeks later the committee in the new ‘home’ votes to accept STRs.
Three ‘C’s of good Planning: clarity, consistency, certainty.
Community Groups already planning legal action against councils if residential suburbs are rezoned as ‘transit’ ares. Same, same with some strata residents.
Residential Housing is for Residents. Homes aren’t hotels. People have made purchases based on a property being a residential property.