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
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Loder v Narrabri Shire Council (No 2) [2021] NSWLEC 33NSWNarrabri Shire CouncilNSWLECCostsOtherCouncil15 Apr 2021COSTS – unsuccessful applicant in Class 4 proceedings seeking variation of usual costs order on basis that public interest litigation – vacancy in civic office of counsellor following absence from three consecutive council meetings – “something more” identified in Caroona Coal Action Group Inc v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) (2010) 173 LGERA 280; [2010] NSWLEC 59 not demonstrated – usual costs order made
The Development & Environmental Professionals’ Association v Narrabri Shire Council [2020] NSWSC 1444NSWNarrabri Shire CouncilNSWSC19 Oct 2020PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Application to strike out pleadings – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 rr 13.4 and 14.28 – Whether the Court lacks jurisdiction to declare contracts unfair or void under section 106 of the Industrial Relation Act – Application dismissed
Loder v Narrabri Shire Council [2020] NSWLEC 109NSWNarrabri Shire CouncilNSWLEC7 Aug 2020CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – no breach of Local Government Act 1993 by local council in treating position of councillor vacant
McNeil v Narrabri Shire Council [2013] NSWCA 112NSWNarrabri Shire CouncilNSWCADismissedOtherCouncil9 May 2013LOCAL GOVERNMENT –- whether order made by council under s 124 of Local Government Act valid – whether order stated what was required to be done LOCAL GOVERNMENT – whether order under item 21 of s 124 for demolition valid LOCAL GOVERNMENT – whether trespass by council where order referred only to one of two parcels of real property on the premises – where order referred to address of premises containing both parcels LOCAL GOVERNMENT – whether s 124 order invalid for lack of jurisdicti

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