Justice Preston, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, recently issued judgment against the Sydney Water Corporation (Sydney Water) in proceedings brought by JK Williams Staff Pty Ltd (Williams) for the significant erosion of the…
We reported previously on the revised arrangements for Transitional Part 3A Projects. The government has made some further (pragmatic) amendments by the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Transitional Part 3A Projects) Regulation 2012 (Regulation).
Justice Pain of the NSW Land and Environment Court recently considered the requirements for owners consent in respect of applications made under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (EPA Act) in the case of Hurstville City Council…
On 1 October 2011 Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (the Act) was repealed. At that time, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Regulation 2011 (the Part 3A Repeal Reg) also came into…
In Hunter Environment Lobby Inc v Minister for Planning & Anor [2011] NSWLEC 221, Pain J in the Land & Environment Court determined an appeal on the merits broughtby an environmental lobby group against an approval granted by the Minister under Part 3A of…
On 1 October 2011, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Act 2011 (Amendment Act), the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Part 3A Repeal) Regulation 2011 (Amendment Reg), and the State Environmental Planning Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011…
The commencement proclamation for the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Act 2011 (Amendment Act) has been published today, appointing 1 October 2011 as the day on which Part 3A is to be repealed and the new approvals regimes…
On Thursday, 18 August 2011, a draft SEPP was placed on exhibition for public comment which identifies categories of development which will be state significant development (SSD) or state significant infrastructure (SSI) when the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 is…
Further to our update on 17 June 2011, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Act 2011 was passed on 22 June 2011 (Act). Consistent with the Government’s election promise, the Act repeals Part 3A of the Environmental…
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Part 3A Repeal) Bill 2011 (Bill) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly on 16 June 2011. As expected, the Bill repeals Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act).
Major Development Amendment SEPP State Environmental Planning Policy (Major Development) 2005 was amended on 13 May 2011 to: remove certain categories of development which the SEPP declares as a major project and are therefore subject to assessment under Part 3A…