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 (5,348 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
								Catchwords
Rumble v Liverpool Plains Shire Council [2015] NSWCA 125	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWCA	—	—	—	12 May 2015	APPEAL – extension of time to appeal – applicants convicted of contempt seek to appeal from orders disobeyed – whether proposed grounds arguable and material – effect of successful appeal on contempt convictions PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT – order that applicants remove cars unlawfully stored on property – only one applicant owned property, both were owners of business which owned the cars – whether judge erred in stating both applicants “owned and occupied” the property – whether error material –
Liverpool Plains Shire Council v Rumble (No 3) [2014] NSWLEC 139	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	Other	Other	Council	26 May 2014	SENTENCING - contempt of court orders - contempt wilful - periodic fine imposition delayed to enable contempt to be purged
Leslie George Lobsey v Liverpool Plains Shire Council [2014] NSWSC 446	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWSC	—	—	—	14 Apr 2014	PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Summary disposal - Facts could not give rise to any cause of action - No issue of principle
Liverpool Plains Shire Council v Rumble (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 13	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	19 Feb 2014	CONTEMPT - failure to comply with court order in civil enforcement proceedings established beyond reasonable doubt
Liverpool Plains Shire Council v Rumble [2013] NSWLEC 118	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	25 July 2013	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - respondents unlawfully using land zoned residential to store, repair, sell and service motor vehicles, sell spare parts for motor vehicles and incidental uses - uses prohibited or impermissible without development consent - council seeks injunctions.
GrainCorp Operations Ltd v Liverpool Plains Shire Council [2013] NSWCA 171	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWCA	Granted	Other	Applicant	14 June 2013	ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - characterisation of development in development application - construction of local environment plan - whether fly-in-fly-out temporary accommodation for migratory workers is classifiable as "residential buildings (other than dwelling-houses and units for aged persons)"
Liverpool Plains Shire Council v Vella (No 2) [2013] NSWLEC 75	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	31 May 2013	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT: development without necessary consent - exercise of discretion to grant appropriate relief.
Liverpool Plains Shire Council v Vella [2013] NSWLEC 54	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	Interlocutory	Other	Council	22 Apr 2013	DECLARATIONS AND INJUNCTIONS: ex parte application for interlocutory relief - development without necessary consent - serious question to be tried - balance of convenience heavily favours grant of relief - injunction granted.
GrainCorp Operations Limited v Liverpool Plains Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 143	NSW	Liverpool Plains Shire Council	NSWLEC	—	—	—	28 June 2012	JUDICIAL REVIEW: - development consent - classification of proposed development - "residential buildings" - deferred commencement condition - whether failure to consider a fundamental matter WORDS & PHRASES: - "residential buildings"