
Cr O'Connor explained that the demolition proceeded without a planning permit and a building permit.
There is no way the council would have issued a permit for its demolition in any case as the duplex is in an area covered by heritage controls and was structurally sound.
The first the next door neighbours in the duplex knew about the demolition was when they were rudely awoken on the Sunday morning by the sounds of tiles being removed from the roof of their duplex. A short time later they heard the sounds of a chainsaw severing the roof members which connect the two halves of the duplex. An excavator then arrived on site.
Other neighbours called the council which sent an enforcement officer within ten minutes.
However, by the time he arrived most of the adjoining building had been reduced to a pile of rubble. The front wall and a kitchenette at the rear of the building were all that was left standing.
Around a dozen angry neighbours were gathered on the street but the demolition ceased only when ordered by the council. Meanwhile, residents had taken digital photos of the demolition in progress and the demolition gang's cars.
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