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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6,348 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 (5,355 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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North Lismore Plateau Association Inc v Lismore City Council [2022] NSWLEC 85	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Subdivision	Council	12 July 2022	CIVIL PROCEDURE — Notice of Motion seeking summary dismissal or strike out of proceedings — Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 13.4 and 14.28 — whether reasonable causes of action disclosed — no reasonable causes of action disclosed — Notice of Motion granted in that summons dismissed — costs reserved CIVIL PROCEDURE — Notice of Motion seeking leave to further amend Summons — leave granted — costs reserved
Santin v Lismore City Council [2021] NSWLEC 119	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Extractive	Council	30 June 2021	CIVIL PROCEDURE — Registrars — Review of Registrar’s decision — Motion to amend Registrar’s decision on amendment of modification application — Motion granted
Lismore City Council v Gurpal Kaur Singh [2021] NSWLEC 49	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	24 May 2021	LOCAL GOVERNMENT – s 59A Local Government Act – Council works – sewerage work – whether new works are to “replace” existing works for s 59A(2) – construction of s 59A – proposed works are new works
Kenneth William Allport v Lismore City Council [2019] NSWLEC 177	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Costs	Other	Mixed	20 Nov 2019	COSTS – motion by applicant seeking orders that each of the two motions filed by the respondent be dismissed and an order that the respondent pay the applicant’s costs in relation to the motions on an indemnity basis – whether costs should be awarded in the applicant’s favour – motion dismissed – no order for costs
Lismore City Council v Vivian [2016] NSWLEC 108	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	23 Aug 2016	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – impermissible residential use of caravans and structure without development consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act or approval under the Local Government Act – enforcement orders made
Lismore City Council v Ihalainen (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 53	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Costs	Single dwelling	Council	2 Apr 2015	COSTS – in criminal proceedings – at the end of proceedings successful defendant seeks costs orders against prosecutor re a charge withdrawn by the prosecutor, a charge dismissed by the Court at the end of the trial, and an interlocutory application.
Lismore City Council v Ihalainen (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 198	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Single dwelling	Applicant	31 Dec 2014	ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES - three charges of offences against s 125 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 of carrying out development on a rural property the subject of a development consent other than in accordance with the consent - one charge under s 120 of the Protection of Environment Operations Act 1997 of polluting waters by introducing soil into a natural watercourse - all charges relate to construction of a fire trail required by a condition of the consent - whether a condition of
Lismore City Council v Hamshaw (No 2) [2013] NSWLEC 205	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	29 Nov 2013	FINAL ORDERS - directed draft orders to be provided to reflect reasons for decision - no entitlement to file further evidence after delivery of ex tempore
Lismore City Council v Hamshaw [2013] NSWLEC 204	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Granted	Other	Council	26 Nov 2013	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - failure to comply with directions given pursuant to s 23 of the Swimming Pools Act 1992 - fencing of existing swimming pool - no fence separating dwelling from swimming pool - non-compliance with Australian Standard for doors and windows opening directly to the swimming pool - application of ss 7 and 8 of the Swimming Pools Act - scope of orders available under s 30(2) of the Swimming Pools Act
Lismore City Council v Ihalainen [2013] NSWLEC 149	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Other	Applicant	12 Sept 2013	PROSECUTION - several charges of failure to comply with clean-up notice - notice of motion seeking summary dismissal of charges for failure to comply with clean-up notice - failure by council to afford procedural fairness to defendant
Lismore City Council v Reeves [2013] NSWLEC 28	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	7 Mar 2013	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT: disobedience of Council "clean up" orders - power of sale - costs of clean-up - costs of proceedings.
AJS Hotel Management Pty Ltd v Lismore City Council [2013] NSWLEC 10	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Applicant	6 Feb 2013	APPEAL - Appeal from local court against conviction for illegal transporting of organic waste to riverbank
The Council of the City of Lismore v Dawnrange Pty Limited [2006] NSWLEC 831	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Licensed premises	Council	16 Nov 2006	Civil Enforcement :- fire safety order - non-compliance - enforcement of order - time for compliance
Lismore City Council v Green Gro P/L [2003] NSWCA 19	NSW	Lismore City Council	NSWCA	Dismissed	Agricultural	Council	25 Feb 2003	Landlord and tenant - improvements - right to compensation - Agricultural Tenancies Act - value of improvements.