Remove single dwelling covernant

Hi,

I have a house within the Boroondara council area with a single dwrlling covernant. I don't understand much about it and that's preventing me from building another house on it. How do I get around this?

 

These covenants (usually) pre-date planning controls and were put in place for a variety of reasons - usually to promote the "prestige" of the estate/subdivision.
You can apply to have the covenant removed.
However we have found the best approach is to prepare a full planning application (is second house proposal etc) and include an application to VARY, not remove the covenant. Vary it to allow a second dwelling will mean that beneficiaries (your neighbours) will know that you only want to build a second house, not have the covenant removed and then apply for a greater intensity development outcome. The process is not uncommon.