Planning disputes

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6,272 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 (5,347 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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ROBERTS v GILGANDRA SHIRE COUNCIL [2008] NSWSC 1244NSWGilgandra Shire CouncilNSWSC28 Nov 2008ROADS - construction of current C.T. which referred to Crown Grant and Parish Map to determine whether reserved road passing through rural property was part of the plaintiffs' land: HELD on construction of C.T. Crown Grant and plan, it was not. Road was dedicated in 1926 but long disused - contentions that Council was estopped from asserting it was still a public road or was obliged to apply to Minister to close it - HELD - no contractual obligation or estoppel bond Council to take action to clo

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