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Changes to the Standard Instrument

24 Mar, 2011

The Department of Planning has now published a planning circular describing the changes made to the Standard Instrument on 25 February 2011. On 25 June 2011, the amendments to the mandatory provisions of the Standard Instrument will be incorporated into…

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Compliance Cost Notice Provisions Have Commenced

14 Mar, 2011

Councils and other issuing authorities may now recover their reasonable costs of monitoring and ensuring compliance with orders given under s121B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. The amendments commenced on 25 February 2011. To recover these costs,…

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Increased Protection For Whistleblowers

11 Mar, 2011

A broad range of amendments to the newly named Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 (Act) (previously the Protected Disclosures Act 1994) have been made which will broaden the scope of protection given to people wishing to make disclosures about conduct in…

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Proposed Expansion Of General Exempt Development Code

11 Mar, 2011

The Department of Planning is proposing to expand the range of signs that do not require development approval if certain standards are met. A discussion paper has been released by the Department, seeking feedback on the proposed classification of a…

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The No Man’s Land of s94 Contribution Planning

8 Mar, 2011

The NSW Government is now in caretaker mode pending the election on 26 March 2011. It has gone to the election without new Part 5B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 having commenced. Part 5B is set out in…

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Court of Appeal Straightens-Up s94 Credit Analysis

8 Mar, 2011

On 18 February 2011, the NSW Court of Appeal (Tobias, Campbell, Macfarlan JJA) delivered an important decision on how credits under s94 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 should be calculated for residential development on land historically used…

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