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We gave up on the Land & Environment Court – they don’t seem to have heard of Strata Title land but that’s another story. I persuaded our OC to take Gated Lot’s OC to the NSW NCAT under section 233. I was pleasantly surprised when Gated Lot turned up for hearings. I got Gated Lot to join our OC in applying for Council permission to remove the tree. The only sticky bit is that Gated Lot don’t want to contribute even 50% of the costs.
I reckon that the tree removal costs are borne by the owner of the land. This tree’s 50% each way so 50% of the costs should be met by Gated Lot. I’d like to see them pay more because they stuffed us around for over a year but perhaps I can’t get that. Under what circs can they avoid paying 50%?