From my own experience with Home Owner Associations here in the US,
I’d bet good money that the Council has a VERY friendly relationship
with the contractors that they’ll insist on doing the job.....
Hmmm...Councils...that word sure sounds familiar. Wait! It is! Soviets! Imagine that.
Wouldn’t surprise me one bit, Tim.
The timing of this affair suggests that there is more here than meets the eye.
Contractors need work, maybe? Scare it up, any way they can?
Or council members need kickbacks from contractors on account of hard times, maybe? Scare THEM up, any way they can?
We wonders, yes, we wonders!!
Those little concrete things? A sledge hammer and a few well placed swings and you will have your “legal” access.