Council

As when they do not discuss the application with the architects, they may assess development application based on their mis-understanding.

Recently I have been having an issue with Levels with Maitland City Council Planners.

Though it was not written in any DCP that was available when I designed the project, the decree seemed to come from on high that no retaining wall should be over 1m. Now, that is a garden wall, you can buy them off-the-shelf. Don't even need an engineer.

They say that two wrongs do not make a right. However, in mathematics and architecture, two errors may cancel each other out.

Underlying some engineering decisions that seem far removed from aesthetics there are actually rules based on conventional 'normative' aesthetic preferences. The following reports an instance where, by accident, it was discovered that the aesthetic preference of the Council civil engineer had produced a DCP 'rule' that could prevent innovative solutions.

There are two very old professions that are not respected, generally, by Australian society. One profession is often called the oldest, the other has changed and widened to make its practitioners experts in the increasingly complex and multi-faceted aspects of the entire environment.