VCAT update: extension to planning permit granted despite Better Apartment Design Standards
Gagliano v Moreland CC [2018] VCAT 527 VCAT recently granted an extension to a planning permit for a seven storey…
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Potential changes to Queensland's land clearing laws and the impact upon land owners
It is important that land owners intending to clear vegetation on their property in Queensland in the near future take…
Scope of Infrastructure SEPP to be expanded
As part of a broader review of State Environmental Planning Policies, amendments have been proposed to State Environmental Planning Policy…
Planning, Environment and Government Newsletter – August 2017
Welcome to the August 2017 edition of HWL Ebsworth’s Planning, Environment and Government e’Newsletter for New South Wales. We trust…
New Housing Code in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008
The State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP) allows home owners to develop property without…
A Sirius misunderstanding: Millers Point Community Assoc. Incorporated v Property NSW [2017] NSWLEC 92
Even when a decision maker has been given broad discretion, certain errors can vitiate his or her decision. When a…