A retaining wall a Mosgiel couple have been instructed to fix was not yet built when a culvert connected to the property was approved, the Dunedin City Council says.
No code compliance certificate for the wall was ever issued, council building solutions manager Paul Henderson said.
A certificate was issued for a culvert in the Gladstone Heights subdivision, and for a house built by the couple there, but the unconsented wall was added by the developer after the culvert was signed off, he said.
The wall is at the centre of a dispute between Irwin Logan Dr homeowners Himanshu Dua and Renu Anand, subdivision developer Gladstone Heights Ltd and the city council.