Local councils in New South Wales from time to time make development applications seeking consent to carry out development on land they own, occupy or otherwise control while at the same time being the consent authority responsible for determining the…
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning Portal) Regulation 2020 commenced on 1 July 2020 and introduced some important changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000. The amendments require the use of the NSW planning portal as the central…
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…