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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Dubow v Warrumbungle Shire Council (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 1NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWLECInterlocutoryOtherCouncil19 Jan 2026NOTICE OF MOTION — seeking to vacate hearing and site view — motion dismissed
Dubow v Warrumbungle Shire Council [2025] NSWLEC 15NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWLECInterlocutoryAgriculturalApplicant5 Mar 2025NOTICE OF MOTION – stay of order pursuant to s 124 of the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) pending outcome of appeal – request for referral to Pro Bono Panel
Boulus Constructions Pty Ltd v Warrumbungle Shire Council (No 3) [2022] NSWSC 1455NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWSC———25 Oct 2022COSTS – where cross-claimant granted leave to amend its Technology and Construction Cross-Claim Cross-Summons and Cross-Claim List Statement – costs thrown away by the amendment – whether such costs should include any costs cross-defendant will incur in revisiting existing evidence – whether cross-defendant should pay costs of amendment application
Boulus Constructions Pty Ltd v Warrumbungle Shire Council (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1368NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWSCInterlocutoryOtherMixed12 Oct 2022BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION – where no valid development consent or construction certificate in relation to building works – whether defence of illegality available in relation to claim for breach of statutory duty under s 37 of the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) – whether managing director and project site supervisor of builder capable of being persons for the purposes of s 37 of that Act PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether cross-claimant should have leave to amend Cross-Claim List
Boulus Constructions Pty Ltd v Warrumbungle Shire Council [2020] NSWSC 1847NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWSCInterlocutoryOtherMixed16 Dec 2020CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – application for leave to amend List Statement – construction contract – misleading or deceptive conduct – proposed plea that had representations not been made, plaintiff would have submitted higher tender and that “if” defendant accepted that tender plaintiff would have entered contract with a higher price – no allegation as to whether defendant would have accepted the higher tender – whether pleading maintainable CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – application for leave
Warrumbungle Shire Council v Yongmei Ou [2018] NSWLEC 70NSWWarrumbungle Shire CouncilNSWLECUpheldSingle dwellingCouncil4 May 2018CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – partial erection of building without development consent – use of land for residential accommodation without development consent – installation of moveable dwelling without approval – orders to remedy and restrain breaches – stay of orders for limited time – orders for substituted performance if non-compliance with court orders

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