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…
“Single Proposed Development” and Likely Impacts in the Context of State Significant Development
8 Apr, 2024
It is not unusual for proponents of major development and infrastructure projects to have to grapple with the question of whether an ancillary, albeit necessary, piece of infrastructure for the project, such as a road, electricity transmission line, or a…
New approach to calculating fees for development as ‘estimated development costs’ – commencing 4 March 2024
28 Sep, 2023
The NSW government recently introduced a new approach to development costs in response to the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Operation Dasha report, which recommended changes to improve transparency and reduce the risk of corruption. The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment…
In January 2021 we blogged on the State Government’s proposed Rapid Assessment Framework (RAF) for the regulation of State Significant Development (SSD) and State Significant Infrastructure (SSI). We set out in that blog the general scope of the proposed amendments…
In one of the few cases considering the scheme for concept proposals in the context of staged development applications, the Land and Environment Court (‘LEC‘) has determined whether construction impacts are mandatory relevant considerations when assessing a purely conceptual proposal for…