This is the first blog in our LTL in Focus: Certifier Series. The Certifier Series will cover a range of questions, issues and changes affecting both private and local council certifiers. A key function of certifiers is to issue occupation…
In September 2023, the NSW government announced in the 2023/2024 budget that it would commit an initial investment of $350 million over 4 years into the Regional Development Trust Fund. This is the first step in the Regional Development Roadmap…
Penalty notices Q&A #2 Welcome back to another discussion about penalty notices, this time focussing on some questions that deal with delegations and issuing multiple penalty notices, and some technical questions. How do I know if I have the power…
In April 2024 we wrote about a decision in the Land and Environment Court concerning a challenge to a development consent for an open cut silver, lead and zinc mine, which was State significant development (SSD). The consent was challenged…
An objector argued that a consent granted by the Lake Macquarie City Council was invalid because the proposed change of use of an existing ‘secondary dwelling’ to a dwelling house to create a ‘dual occupancy’ involved no ‘development’. The Land…
Yesterday, the NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning announced a call for submissions as part of the Committee’s inquiry into historical development consents in New South Wales (Inquiry). Historical development consents have recently been termed ‘zombie developments’ and…
Amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 (Housing SEPP) which were announced by the NSW Government in June 2023, came into effect yesterday, 14 December 2023 with the making of the State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Housing) 2023…
Note: Since this article was published, this case is now undergoing appeal. We will keep you informed of any developments. Introduction With some exceptions, land owned and controlled by local Councils, can generally be described as public land. Such land…