<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Daniel]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building Safety, Delivering Excellence]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:34:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Shared boundary fencing: who pays, how high, how far off the line, and when the footing is finished]]></title><description><![CDATA[A landscaping job in the Inner West, around Vaucluse, or in Gordon often starts with the fence. Who pays, where it sits, how high it can be, and whether the old masonry footing can take a new wall are different conversations. Mix them up and you get a neighbour dispute, a Council stop-work, or a wall that leans in the first winter. This is a contractor’s reading of the Dividing Fences Act 1991 (NSW), the Codes SEPP, and how wind and concrete behave. It is not legal advice and it is not a...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/shared-boundary-fencing-who-pays-how-high-how-far-off-the-line-and-when-the-footing-is-finished</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9cefcd3b36b5909cb1a3c6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:45:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the neighbour is 28 storeys: Gordon’s new height, and the Edgecliff–Woollahra rezoning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two State housing projects are redrawing the sky next to family houses DC already works on. In Ku-ring-gai, the November 2025 station-precinct SEPP replaced the first Transport Oriented Development controls around Gordon, Killara, Lindfield and Roseville. In the Gordon town centre, a nominated key site can now go to 109 metres — if the site is large enough and the scheme delivers non-residential floor space and either community floor area or affordable housing. The public description of the...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/when-the-neighbour-is-28-storeys-gordon-s-new-height-and-the-edgecliff-woollahra-rezoning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ced33c6495acaaf30c9f5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:34:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Construction hours, standard conditions and the neighbour]]></title><description><![CDATA[A building job does not run on the builder’s watch. It runs on the consent. Hours of work, tree protection, sediment fences, dilapidation photos and “no work on Sunday” are not courtesy. They are conditions of development consent. Breach them and the certifier, Council or the neighbour can stop the site. The Planning System Reforms Act 2025 is pushing those conditions toward statewide model wording. Hours of work and tree protection are the items the State has said it will keep. This post is...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/construction-hours-standard-conditions-and-the-neighbour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ce918cdf183e0230da8fd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:17:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dual occupancy in a Ku-ring-gai garden suburb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ku-ring-gai sold itself as a garden suburb for a reason. West Pymble, Gordon and St Ives are streets of one house, a deep front setback, and a rear garden that could hold a tall tree. That pattern is why Council spent 2025 writing dual-occupancy controls around canopy and deep soil, and why the State Low and Mid-Rise map now sits over the same streets. DC’s work here is the leftover ground: the strip that used to be one backyard and is now two courtyards, a dividing fence, a second driveway...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/dual-occupancy-in-a-ku-ring-gai-garden-suburb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ce836c6495acaaf30c108</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:13:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low and mid-rise housing is arriving. What happens to the family home?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family home in Sydney is no longer assumed to stay one house on one lot. Since 28 February 2025 the NSW Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy has made dual occupancies, terraces and, in the right zones, apartment buildings much easier to approve near nominated stations and town centres. Dual occupancies are now permitted with consent in R2 Low Density Residential across the state. That is the policy. The question on DC jobs is more local: what happens to the house that is already there — the...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/low-and-mid-rise-housing-is-arriving-what-happens-to-the-family-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ce6283b36b5909cb1890a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:06:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a large tree is protected: Council, the arborist, and how far it sits from the house]]></title><description><![CDATA[A large tree on a Sydney block is rarely just a tree. In the Inner West, around Vaucluse, and on the Upper North Shore at West Pymble, Gordon and St Ives, most substantial trees are prescribed. Pruning or removal usually needs a Council permit, a Development Application, or both. DC runs into this on courtyard jobs because a fence footing, a paved room or a service trench can sit inside a tree’s root zone even when nobody planned to take the tree out. This post sets out the approval path,...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/when-a-large-tree-is-protected-council-the-arborist-and-how-far-it-sits-from-the-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9ce342cdf183e0230d9ddc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:53:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obtaining Consent for Development Applications in Sydney’s Inner West — a practical guide for landscaping and courtyard projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[A DC briefing note for homeowners, builders and landscape contractors working in the Inner West LGA. This article explains when landscaping work in the Inner West needs Council consent, how owner and neighbour consent actually works, and what a typical application looks like. It is written for real courtyard and garden projects — fences, footings, retaining walls, paving, trees and outdoor structures — not generic “house extensions”. Important: NSW planning rules change. This is a practical...]]></description><link>https://www.innersydneylandscapes.com.au/post/obtaining-consent-for-development-applications-in-sydney-s-inner-west-a-practical-guide-for-landsc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9bb37bd055a51adf15d46a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:16:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>d c</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>