Who would have thought that you could put 12 lodgers in a single dwelling two storey family home in the suburbs? According to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Accommodation) 2009, the NSW State Government allows this, by way of a boarding house. Using a little commonsense, it was rejected by a small majority. This refusal was on the basis that it was the wrong location for a boarding house, the number of lodgers was too large, it was not close enough to public transport, and it was never envisaged by Council’s own regulations.