Post by Brent George on Sept 24, 2023 19:00:29 GMT
Auckland Council facilitators intervene in neighbours' feud over 'manhole'
Stuff - Auckland: 25-Sept-2023
A dispute between two neighbours over a pipe connection has seen Auckland Council facilitators step in and take control.
Auckland engineer Oisin Frost says he’s been left shocked after finding out that his neighbour will be able to turn his backyard into a worksite, and won’t need permission.
Frost has a buried and “abandoned” storm water “manhole” behind his house and his neighbour wants to connect to it for a three-house subdivision – and tear up the garden in the process.
“I thought I had private property rights, but now suddenly the developer has more say over what happens on my land than I do. I just want a plan, so I know what they’re going to do,” Frost said.
Stuff - Auckland: 25-Sept-2023
A dispute between two neighbours over a pipe connection has seen Auckland Council facilitators step in and take control.
Auckland engineer Oisin Frost says he’s been left shocked after finding out that his neighbour will be able to turn his backyard into a worksite, and won’t need permission.
Frost has a buried and “abandoned” storm water “manhole” behind his house and his neighbour wants to connect to it for a three-house subdivision – and tear up the garden in the process.
“I thought I had private property rights, but now suddenly the developer has more say over what happens on my land than I do. I just want a plan, so I know what they’re going to do,” Frost said.