On 22 February 2014 amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP), and the Environmental Planning & Assessment Regulation 2000 (Regulation) in respect of complying development will come into effect. The amendments to…
17 years of arduous legal argument and conciliation came to conclusion on 2 December 2013 with the consent determination of the Bandjalang peoples’ claim by Jagot J in the Federal Court in Bandjalang People No 1 & 2 v Attorney General…
In a recent decision of the Land & Environment Court, the reasonableness of two conditions of consent imposed in respect of a dwelling proposed on land subject to coastal hazards was considered. The case demonstrates the difficulties for local councils in attempting…