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Planning and environment case updates - February 2013 cases

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 30 2013

This matter involved an application for a declaration that a change proposed to a development application was a “minor change” within the meaning of

Recent changes to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009

  • Cooper Grace Ward
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 (Qld) (SPOLA Bill) was passed by parliament on 13 November 2012, after

Planning and environment case updates - April, May, June and July 2012

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • January 31 2013

This was an appeal to the Planning and Environment Court pursuant to the s 479 of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (Qld) (SPA) against a decision of

The decision rules revisited: an analysis of the Westlink saga

  • HopgoodGanim
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  • Australia
  • -
  • January 15 2013

The decision rules under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 (SPA) are unnecessarily complex, and in my view, not conducive to achieving balanced

Court decision on contaminated soil "treatment" may lengthen environmental approvals process

  • Clayton Utz
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 6 2012

The Court's clarification that earthworks such as "mounding and capping" constitutes "treatment" may mean that more development proposals will now be characterised as designated development

The Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2012: the costs of litigating in the Planning and Environment Court

  • HopgoodGanim
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 22 2012

In Planning Reform in Queensland: The first instalment, published on 20 September 2012, we touched on proposed reforms to the Planning and Environment Court’s power to award costs, noting that the Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, as it then stood, proposed to alter the costs rules so that costs would “follow the event”

Planning and environment case updates - March 2012 cases

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • October 15 2012

This was an application by the Council for an order that the respondent be punished for contempt of Court for contravention of an order of the Court

Be aware the risk of regulatory change wind industry sector

  • Gilbert + Tobin
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 30 2012

While the concept of regulatory change may not be new, the two recent Victorian decisions of Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd 2012 VCAT 1092 (Bald Hills) and Sisters Wind Farm Pty Ltd v Moyne Shire Council & Ors 2012 VSC 324 (Sisters) highlight some of the risks that can arise from regulatory change for developers of wind farm projects

Beware the risk of liability for contamination investigation

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia
  • -
  • August 30 2012

The regulator’s power to manage contaminated land in most Australian states is generally divided into investigation, remediation and ongoing maintenance powers

Planning and environment case updates JanuaryFebruary 2012

  • Norton Rose Australia
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • August 16 2012

Scanlon Property Group Pty Ltd (Scanlon) applied to the Court for a permissible change to an existing Court-ordered development approval for a mixed use development, including residential and other uses

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