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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6,355 decisions on record across 372 councils. Showing the most recent 6,000. Outcome, development type and who won are read from each judgment by an LLM (5,357 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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Charara v Ku-ring-gai Council [2019] NSWLEC 183	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Other	—	Mixed	28 Nov 2019	PROCEDURE – appeal against stop work order in Class 1 proceedings – unilateral assumption of nullity of development consent and invalidity of construction certificates by local council underpinning stop work order – all issues arising should be determined in Class 4 proceedings
Palmer v Ku-ring-gai Council [2018] NSWLEC 16	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Single dwelling	Council	16 Feb 2018	ORDER APPEAL - appeal against
Ku-ring-gai Council v Abroon [2010] NSWLEC 176	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Interlocutory	Dual occupancy	Applicant	21 Sept 2010	PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application to vacate
Ku-ring-gai Council v Minister for Planning (No 2) [2008] NSWLEC 276	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	—	Council	2 Oct 2008	Costs :- judicial review proceedings in Class 4 of Court's jurisdiction - costs where no hearing of an issue on the merits - whether respondent surrendered to applicant or whether there was a supervening event which removed the subject of the dispute such that there should be no order as to costs - whether on another issue unsuccessful applicant brought proceedings in the public interest such that there should be no order as to costs - whether disentitling conduct by successful respondent such t
Ku-ring-gai Council v Minister for Planning & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 174	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Other	Council	21 May 2008	Judicial Review :- Validity of order by Minister for Planning appointing a planning panel under s 118(1)(b) of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - whether invalid on any of following grounds - whether failed to take into account a mandatory relevant consideration - whether failed to obtain concurrence of Minister for Local Government as required by s 118(8) - whether invalid because of prior Ministerial direction made under s 55 - whether denial of procedural fairness - whether coun
Ku-Ring-Gai Council v Faigan [2007] NSWLEC 767	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	19 Nov 2007	Civil Enforcement :- whether local government order complied with - exercise of discretion to make order to remove items Civil Enforcement:- whether independent use of front yard for storage and mechanical repairs which required consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
Charalambous v Ku-ring-gai Council [2007] NSWLEC 510	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Dual occupancy	Council	21 Aug 2007	Question of Law :- development consent subject to conditions - condition relating to landscape bond - refusal of application to modify consent to delete condition - whether condition falls outside scope of bonds which may lawfully be imposed - newbury test - whether condition is ultra vires - source of power for a consent authority to impose conditions - provision of security - general and specific provisions
Shaynd v Ku-ring-Gai Council [2005] NSWLEC 79	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	—	—	—	24 Jan 2005	Question of Law :- Preliminary question Whether the Court has the power to approve a development applies where part of the land is land to which subclause (a) of Schedule 3 of SEPP 53 applies. COSTS: fair and reasonable costs - granted
Toon v Ku-ring-gai Council (No 2) [2004] NSWLEC 593	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Costs	Other	Applicant	5 Oct 2004	Appeal :- SEPP 5 Development - costs
Toon v Ku-ring-gai Council [2004] NSWLEC 173	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	—	—	—	30 Apr 2004	Appeal :- SEPP 5 development - effect of draft Local Environment Plan - heritage issues.
Hones v Ku-ring-gai Council [2004] NSWLEC 168	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Other	Dual occupancy	Mixed	16 Apr 2004	Question of Law :- preliminary question-whether land that is partly identified as "bushfire prone land-vegetation category 1" is wholly excluded from dual occupancy provisions of SEPP 53
Porfiri v Ku-ring-gai Council [2003] NSWLEC 34	NSW	Ku-Ring-Gai Council	NSWLEC	Refused	Dual occupancy	Council	28 Feb 2003	Development Application :- whether provisions of planning scheme ordinance restricting erection of dwellings affects zoning of land for the purpose of the erection of dual occupancy pursuant to State Environmental Planning Policy No. 53 - inconsistency between State environmental planning policy and local environmental plan.