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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6,275 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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Oberon Shire Council v Kiangatha Holdings Pty Ltd [2021] NSWLEC 30NSWOberon CouncilNSWLECCostsOtherCouncil14 Apr 2021PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application by the Respondent for a determination of the terms of an alleged settlement of the proceedings - whether the parties had agreed to the terms of a settlement resolving the proceedings so as to enable the use of s 73 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 to permit determination of the terms of the settlement - requirement that any settlement resolve all issues in dispute between the parties - all issues in dispute between the parties not resolved - no settlement to w
Oberon Council v Minister for Local Government; Cabonne Shire Council v Minister for Local Government; McAlister and Graham v Minister for Local Government [2016] NSWLEC 131NSWOberon CouncilNSWLECDismissedCouncil7 Oct 2016JUDICIAL REVIEW – proposals for amalgamation of local government areas – whether proposals made in accordance with Local Government Act 1993 – whether proposals made by Minister – whether decision to make proposals manifestly unreasonable – referral of proposals to Departmental Chief Executive for examination and report – whether referral of proposals manifestly unreasonable – inquiries required to be held – whether reasonable public notice given of the holding of inquiries – whether inquiries h
Bailey v Oberon Shire Council [2007] NSWLEC 273NSWOberon CouncilNSWLECGrantedSubdivisionApplicant21 May 2007Costs :- exercise of Court's discretion to award costs in Class 1 proceedings - whether fair and reasonable to order costs against Council - whether Council's defence of proceedings in dereliction of Council's duty as a statutory body and not on a rational basis - whether failure by the Council to undertake independent analysis of noise and dust issues - whether Council acted so unreasonably as to justify an award of costs - whether Council, properly advised, should have known that it had no or
Oberon Council v Australian Game Meats Limited [2002] NSWLEC 96NSWOberon CouncilNSWLECUpheldAgriculturalCouncil13 May 2002Prosecution :- plea of guilty - mitigation

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