A MCCRAE couple has emerged victorious in a legal dispute with the Mornington Peninsula Shire after building notices were served on them mandating clean-up works following a landslip in 2022. The council had directed the couple, Gerard and Bronwyn Borghesi, to undertake stabilisation works to the area affected by the landslip including removing all debris from Penny Lane, which they appealed.The Building Appeals Board (BAB) on 30 April ruled that the shire had no power to make its orders under s106 of the Building Act because the Borghesis were not proposing nor carrying out building work relating to their property…
Thursday, May 8
