Neighbourhood Disputes
Our Services Include:
- Advice on owner’s liability under the Dividing Fences Act 1991;
- Advice on rights of access to neighbouring land under the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 2000;
- Illegal structures and uses on your own or neighbouring properties;
- Preparing written submissions objecting to development applications on neighbouring properties;
- Advice on proposed tree removal and rights of appeal against a Council’s decision to allow removal of a tree under a tree management order;
- Advice on matters under the Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Act 2006, and appear in related Land and Environment Court proceedings;
- Advice on rights of appeal against a consent authority’s decision to approve or reject development on your own or a neighbouring property;
- Advice on the impact of heritage listing of neighbouring properties; and
- Advice on the reclassification of neighbouring public land from community to operational under the Local Government Act 1993.
