Council has no jurisdiction of anything 1 metre or more above ground not supported by anything other than air.
That is ASA and CASA territory.
Thanks sprocket - if that is gospel then the local council would be hard pressed to fine people for flying over their built up areas at 1000' - correct?
Many ERSA noise abatement procedures contain paras such as 'avoid noise sensitive area to NW(or somesuch) of AD.' It is most unusual IMHO to find any that say 'residential areas are to be avoided at all times', and then propose a system of fines if said ERSA rule is breached because of a noise complaint.
I hope this entry is a case of one council person introducing the para without realising the implications, and another person for trying to enforce it.
Pretty difficult to plan a flight to any metro AD and avoid all residential areas in the process.