A development consent for 'commercial offices' does not authorise use as a brothel. The term 'office' in planning instruments is to be given its ordinary meaning of a place for clerical or administrative work, not business in the wider sense of any commercial transaction. The definition of 'commercial premises' in the Strathfield Planning Scheme Ordinance 1969 confirms that 'office' is a narrower concept than 'commercial premises'.
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