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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| Sciacchitano v The Council of the Municipality of Kiama [2019] NSWLEC 104 | NSW | The Council of the Municipality of Kiama | NSWLEC | Other | Dual occupancy | Applicant | 19 July 2019 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for separate question – residential development appeal – detached dual occupancy – access by shared right of way – whether consent of owners of right of way to development application is required – deciding question separately from other issues not justified |
| Council of the Municipality of Kiama v Micallef [2009] NSWLEC 202 | NSW | The Council of the Municipality of Kiama | NSWLEC | Upheld | Single dwelling | Council | 25 Nov 2009 | ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- early plea of guilty, building development work done without an operative consent, failure to comply with deferred commencement condition, sentencing principles, mitigating factors, application for section 10 discretion refused, prosecutor's costs. |
| The Council of the Municipality of Kiama v Pacific Real Estate (Warilla) Pty Limited [2009] NSWLEC 191 | NSW | The Council of the Municipality of Kiama | NSWLEC | Upheld | Tourism | Council | 30 Oct 2009 | PROSECUTION :- carrying out development without consent - plea of guilty - development undertaken |
| Council of the Municipality of Kiama v Furlong [2009] NSWLEC 139 | NSW | The Council of the Municipality of Kiama | NSWLEC | Other | Single dwelling | Council | 19 Aug 2009 | PROSECUTION :- carrying out development without consent - plea of guilty - unauthorised building works beyond scope of complying development certificate - general deterrence relevant where defendant a licensed builder - less serious offence - no environmental harm - defendant under financial stress - mitigating factors - appropriate penalty |
| The Council of the Municipality of Kiama v Gerringong Developments Pty Limited [2007] NSWLEC 257 | NSW | The Council of the Municipality of Kiama | NSWLEC | Other | Other | Council | 27 Apr 2007 | Prosecution :- carrying out of development without development consent - refurbishment of motel - allowing works to continue notwithstanding stop work order - plea of guilty - mitigating factors - penalty |