[Amit Anand]

Hi Emma,

I would check with your planning area and see what is the authorised use for this building. If the owner wants to change I would have asked him to get an approval from Planning Department for the change of use from business to residential before changing the rating category. I believe it is under S96 of the Act.

This way it gets recorded that the owner cannot use the building as a business and has to use it as a residential building. If he does then he in breach of use and compliance team can tke action against it. In the current scenario I would still charge him business rates as the building has an approved use as a massage parlour and not residence, unless stated othewise.

[Amit Anand]

Hi Mick, City of Sydney allows aggregation of Car Spaces and Storge lots for Residential and Business Units based on certain conditions. Please click on the following link for City of Sydney website which provides more details related to aggregation of car spaces and storages.

http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/live/residents/rates/rate-categories-and-status-checks

Hope it helps.

Amit

[Amit Anand]

Hi Robert,

Will the submission be shared with other members before it is submitted by RP.

[Amit Anand]

Really sorry to hear about John. My heartfelt condolences to you Jane and John’s family. He had so much knowledge and was someone I always looked up to.

[Amit Anand]

Thanks Robert and John for your replies. I spoke with the bank representative from whom I received the information. According to him, the bank still has the mortgage on the property which they will not release and they wont sell the land from their end. They wont pay the rates either and will wait for Council to sell the land for unpaid rates once it becomes eligible. If there any funds available, they will then claim that amount to settle against the mortgage.

I am not sure if the banks can force the Council by taking this approach and if Council can initiate legal proceedings against the bank to recover the unpaid land rates as this properties in question are vacant blocks of land.

[Amit Anand]

Hi Robert,

RTO is Registered Training Organization and DET is Department of Education and Training of NSW.

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