Planning disputes

Every planning and environment court and tribunal decision we track, matched to a council, in one table. Filter by state, posture or who won, search any party, court or keyword, sort any column, and click through to the council or the full public judgment.

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6,269 decisions on record across 370 councils. Showing the most recent 6,000. Outcome, development type and who won are read from each judgment by an LLM (5,346 analysed so far). Use the enriched view or the won-by filter to see only those; the rest are marked pending and fill in as analysis runs.

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National planning disputes
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Chase v Baw Baw SC [2026] VCAT 735VICBaw BawVCAT11 Sept 2026
Heaton v Kingston CC [2026] VCAT 203VICKingstonVCATCostsDual occupancyCouncil10 Sept 2026Costs
Smythes v Yarra CC [2026] VCAT 750VICYarraVCATGrantedDual occupancyApplicant10 Sept 2026
Fawkner Property Ltd v Latrobe CC [2026] VCAT 745VICLatrobeVCATGrantedSignageApplicant9 Sept 2026
Dominion Property Group Pty Ltd v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 736VICMornington PeninsulaVCAT7 Sept 2026
Lane Cove Municipal Council v Wechsler (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 116NSWLane Cove Municipal CouncilNSWLECCostsOtherCouncil7 Sept 2026COSTS — s 98 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) — r 42.1 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) — applicant wholly successful in proceedings — usual order made
Godfrey v Wollondilly Shire Council [2026] NSWCA 181NSWWollondilly Shire CouncilNSWCARemittedMixed useMixed7 Sept 2026ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – development consents to carry out different developments on rural land – construction of consents – nature and extent of developments approved – leave to adduce further evidence to construe a consent – carrying out of development in breach of consents – injunctions to restrain breach of consents – how conditions of consent may themselves be breached – whether terms of injunctions too broad and imprecise
Cardinia SC v Drummond [2026] VCAT 727VICCardiniaVCATCostsAgriculturalMixed4 Sept 2026Costs
Optus Mobile Pty Ltd v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 726VICMornington PeninsulaVCAT3 Sept 2026
Earth Lodge Industries (Vic) Pty Ltd v Moorabool SC [2026] VCAT 729VICMooraboolVCATDismissedExtractiveCouncil3 Sept 2026Vic
Keach Securities & Investments Pty Ltd v Launceston City Council [2026] TASCAT 119TASLaunceston City CouncilTASCATDismissedOtherCouncil3 Sept 2026
Grubb v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 698VICPort PhillipVCATRefusedSingle dwellingApplicant2 Sept 2026
Citizen Outdoor Pty Ltd v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 701VICMonashVCATDismissedSignageCouncil2 Sept 2026
Mure v Cardinia SC [2026] VCAT 709VICCardiniaVCATRefusedSubdivisionCouncil2 Sept 2026
BCA Asset Management Group Pty Ltd v Benalla Rural CC [2026] VCAT 703VICBenallaVCATGrantedExtractiveApplicant1 Sept 2026
McDonald v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 636VICBoroondaraVCATCostsSingle dwellingApplicant28 Aug 2026
Schultz v Golden Plains SC [2026] VCAT 705VICGolden PlainsVCAT28 Aug 2026
Osborne v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 697VICGreater GeelongVCATRefusedSingle dwellingApplicant27 Aug 2026
The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria) v Moonee Valley CC [2026] VCAT 696VICMoonee ValleyVCATGrantedPlace of worshipApplicant27 Aug 2026Victoria
Woods v Glen Eira CC [2026] VCAT 690VICGlen EiraVCAT26 Aug 2026
Indara Corporation Pty Ltd v Brimbank CC [2026] VCAT 688VICBrimbankVCATGrantedTelecommunicationsApplicant25 Aug 2026
Piscioneri v Mildura Rural CC [2026] VCAT 679VICMilduraVCATGrantedAgriculturalApplicant24 Aug 2026
Antoniou v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 682VICMonashVCATRemittedOtherApplicant24 Aug 2026
X-Elio Sixteen Mile Solar Farm Pty Ltd v Western Downs Regional Council [2026] QPEC 31QLDWestern Downs Regional CouncilQPEC24 Aug 2026
Gilded Holdings Pty Ltd v Hume CC [2026] VCAT 687VICHumeVCATGrantedLicensed premisesApplicant24 Aug 2026
Govender v Baw Baw SC [2026] VCAT 699VICBaw BawVCAT24 Aug 2026
Tamworth Regional Council v Independent Planning Commission and Hills of Gold Wind Farm Pty Ltd [2026] NSWLEC 105NSWTamworth Regional CouncilNSWLECUpheldOtherApplicant19 Aug 2026PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Notice of motion to set aside a notice to produce for inspection — Whether there was a legitimate forensic purpose — Whether documents sought are apparently relevant — Whether documents will materially assist in relation to an identified issue PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — Privilege — Legal professional privilege — Notice to produce for inspection by applicant seeking production of legal advices prepared by solicitors for respondent — Respondent claimed legal professional pri
Waddell v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 673VICGreater GeelongVCATCostsOtherApplicant19 Aug 2026Costs
TPG Telecom Ltd v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 605VICMornington PeninsulaVCATInterlocutoryTelecommunications17 Aug 2026
Ferguson v Campaspe SC [2026] VCAT 662VICCampaspeVCATRefusedOtherCouncil17 Aug 2026
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