A Brooklyn company’s appeal against paying its share of a $1.8 million bill to upgrade Bunting Road has been rejected.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard on February 7 that M&J Developments, one of seven companies that have lodged review applications to be considered later this year, had unsuccessfully argued the rate to seal the road was invalid due to a lack of forewarning from Brimbank council.
Property owners have been asked to pay between $654 and $364,360 each for the upgrade. The company also claimed it bought the land about six months after public notices were first issued.
But VCAT deputy president Mark Dwyer found the council was not at fault, despite failing to notify the company through a second land information certificate.
“A mistake or omission in the later certificate is incapable of affecting the validity of a decision already made,” he said.
