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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McMahon's Earthmoving Pty Ltd v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2026] NSWLEC 73	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Interlocutory	Extractive	Applicant	3 June 2026	CIVIL PROCEDURE — application for joinder — s 8.15 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) — r 6.24 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) — whether issues raised would be sufficiently addressed absent joinder — exercise of Court’s discretion — joinder granted
Anderson v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2026] NSWSC 622	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWSC	—	—	—	2 June 2026	COSTS – application after proceedings dismissed for want of due despatch – whether costs ought to follow the event – whether gross sum costs order should be made
Anderson v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2025] NSWLEC 54	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Granted	Subdivision	Applicant	2 June 2025	JUDICIAL REVIEW – review of decision to grant development consent – cll 4.1 and 4.1B of the Cooma – Monaro Local Environmental Plan 2013 – statutory interpretation – orders and declarations – development consent void and of no effect
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd (No 4) [2022] NSWLEC 32	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Other	Extractive	Council	1 Apr 2022	SENTENCE - Defendant pleads guilty to charge of breach condition of development consent - condition imposed limited daily production capacity on mobile asphalt plant - Defendant deliberately understated production rate in development application - understatement avoided necessity for environmental impact statement - understatement avoided necessity for increased environmental scrutiny of the proposed development - harm to integrity of the planning system - deliberate breach a first aggravating f
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd [2020] NSWLEC 136	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Industrial	Council	16 Sept 2020	SUBPOENA - application to set aside subpoena issued to Roads and Maritime Services - whether the issuing of a subpoena to a third party when that party has also been issued a statutory notice to produce the same documents constitutes an abuse of process - consideration of whether the
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd [2019] NSWLEC 182	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Varied	Industrial	Mixed	27 Nov 2019	PROSECUTION - amendment of charges - charges held to be duplicitous - application to amend charges - application seeks to substitute multi-count charges for single count in each instance - application to reopen amendment application - Prosecutor makes application to reopen - application to rely on affidavit and supporting material - objection by Company - Company submits supporting material unlawfully obtained - taking Prosecutor's case at its highest, affidavit and supporting material would not
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Cmunt (No 3) [2018] NSWLEC 175	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Dismissed	Other	Council	1 Nov 2018	CIVIL PROCEDURE: application for stay of orders pending appeal of contempt conviction and penalty – discretionary considerations – stay refused.
Cmunt v Snowy Monaro Regional Council [2018] NSWCA 237	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWCA	Dismissed	Other	Council	22 Oct 2018	LAND & ENVIRONMENT – where respondent issued appellants with notice preventing appellants from keeping more than two dogs on property – where respondent issued appellants with orders requiring removal of certain structures and advertisements – where respondent brought proceedings against appellants for failure to comply with notice and orders – where primary judge ordered compliance within 60 days – where appellants appealed primary judge’s decision – whether respondent had jurisdiction to issue
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Cmunt (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 136	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	—	—	—	31 Aug 2018	CONTEMPT: Disobedience of Court Order that no dogs are to be kept on the Respondents’ property – convictions and fines imposed – daily penalties – “substituted performance” order made – costs.
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Tropic Asphalts Pty Ltd [2017] NSWLEC 109	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Extractive	Mixed	25 Aug 2017	PROSECUTION - three criminal proceedings commenced alleging breaches of conditions of development consent - Notice of Motion by Defendant seeking striking out of all charges - Charge 1 defective as not disclosing an offence founded on the pleaded condition of development consent - Charge 1 not amenable to amendment - Charge 1 struck out - Charges 2 and 3 said to be founded on a “course of conduct” by the Defendant - Johnson v Miller error in each charge - each charge potentially amenable to amen
Snowy Monaro Regional Council v Cmunt [2017] NSWLEC 95	NSW	Snowy Monaro Regional Council	NSWLEC	Upheld	Other	Council	3 Aug 2017	CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – prevention notice to not keep more than two dogs on property – Council orders to remove unauthorised structures and advertising sign – service of prevention notice and Council orders – whether served – service established – whether failure to comply with prevention notice and Council orders – failure to comply established – whether structures and advertising sign required development consent or were exempt development – development consent required – breaches of statutes esta