The Land and Environment Court has recently considered whether land regulated by a Community Management Scheme (“CMS”) can be the subject of a building information certificate (“BIC”) to regularise unlawful development that contravenes the by-laws of the CMS. Facts In…
We previously blogged on the amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (Act), and some confusion surrounding the postponement of revised building and subdivision certification provisions. The NSW Government has now amended the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional…
Previously sections s149A – s149F of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 (Act) governed the issue of building certificates by Councils, and appeals with respect to building certificates. Now that the Act has been amended (see our earlier blog), sections relating…