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ICAC and the Planning Review

27 Mar, 2012

In response to ‘The Way Ahead for Planning in NSW? Issues Paper of the NSW Planning System Review’: (December 2011) (Review), the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has prepared a submission entitled ‘Anti- Corruption Safeguards and the Planning System’, February,…

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Tighter controls on coal seam gas exploration

27 Mar, 2012

On 6 March 2012, the Minister for Planning & Infrastructure, together with the Minister for Resources and Energy, announced the release of a draft Code of Practice for Coal Seam Gas Exploration (‘the Draft Code’). The Draft Code is part of…

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Landowner’s consent given once and for all

2 Mar, 2012

The Land and Environment Court in Rothwell Boys Pty Ltd v Coffs Harbour Council [2012] NSWLEC 19 has recently confirmed that once landowner’s consent is given to a development application, no further consent is required even if the development application…

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