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Victorian Strata Law is far from my area of expertise but I would think there are three things that apply here.
1. Your by-laws – what do they say about renovations in general and removing or changing common property?
2. What do the strata laws say?
3. What do local council by-laws say?
Have a look at this document HERE. It’s an article on this very topic in Australian Property Investor magazine. It’s a bit general but it does say this: “Before renovating your apartment you should realistically assume you require approval of the OC and, possibly, local council.”
A glance at Victorian legislation suggests that significant alterations affecting common property would require a special resolution, rather than just a simple approval.
Maybe one of our Vic-minded readers has more on this.