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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6,347 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 (5,356 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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Melton CC v Singh [2026] VCAT 776VICMeltonVCATCostsOtherCouncil22 Sept 2026Costs; Corrected
Hardwicke v Kentish Council [2026] TASCAT 128TASKentish CouncilTASCATCosts—Council21 Sept 2026No.2
Madjarevic v Darebin CC [2026] VCAT 764VICDarebinVCATCostsPlace of worshipApplicant16 Sept 2026Costs
Heaton v Kingston CC [2026] VCAT 203VICKingstonVCATCostsDual occupancyCouncil10 Sept 2026Costs
Lane Cove Municipal Council v Wechsler (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 116NSWLane Cove Municipal CouncilNSWLECCostsOtherCouncil7 Sept 2026COSTS — s 98 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) — r 42.1 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) — applicant wholly successful in proceedings — usual order made
Cardinia SC v Drummond [2026] VCAT 727VICCardiniaVCATCostsAgriculturalMixed4 Sept 2026Costs
McDonald v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 636VICBoroondaraVCATCostsSingle dwellingApplicant28 Aug 2026
Waddell v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 673VICGreater GeelongVCATCostsOtherApplicant19 Aug 2026Costs
Wreme v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 502VICSurf CoastVCATCostsSingle dwellingMixed2 July 2026
Barouh v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 466VICMonashVCATCostsDual occupancyMixed25 June 2026Costs
Sutherland Shire Council v Taylor (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 68NSWSutherland Shire CouncilNSWLECCosts—Council10 June 2026COSTS – Class 4 proceedings – r 42.1 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) – whether other order should be made as to the whole or any part of the costs – s 98(4)(c) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – whether party to whom costs are to be paid entitled to specified gross sum instead of assessed costs
Heyward v Waratah-Wynyard Council [2026] TASCAT 69TASWaratah-Wynyard CouncilTASCATCostsSingle dwellingApplicant1 June 2026No 2
Fred Caterson Champions Inc. v The Hills Shire Council (No 4) [2026] NSWLEC 55NSWThe Hills Shire CouncilNSWLECCostsOtherMixed12 May 2026COSTS – whether costs thrown away should be ordered payable after decision to allow vacation of hearing dates has been determined – each party to pay own costs
Hazel v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 334VICBoroondaraVCATCostsOtherCouncil12 May 2026Costs
Gurkin v Stonnington CC [2026] VCAT 327VICStonningtonVCATCostsSingle dwellingObjector7 May 2026
Deborah Gay Michalek v Penrith City Council (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 37NSWPenrith City CouncilNSWLECCostsSubdivisionCouncil17 Apr 2026COSTS – unsuccessful applicant for interlocutory injunction ordered to pay costs of respondent – no public interest identified – usual rule that costs follow the event applied
TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND and BLANCO [2025] WASAT 139WATown of Port Hedland and BlancoWASATCostsOtherApplicant14 Apr 2026
Hasan v Macedon Ranges SC [2026] VCAT 231VICMacedon RangesVCATCostsSubdivisionApplicant2 Apr 2026Costs
Moyne SC v Stokes [2026] VCAT 224VICMoyneVCATCostsOtherCouncil31 Mar 2026
Kingston CC v Lantrak Developments Pty Ltd [2026] VCAT 207VICKingstonVCATCostsExtractiveApplicant27 Mar 2026Costs
ZORZI and TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE [2025] WASAT 77WATown of CambridgeWASATCostsSingle dwellingApplicant17 Feb 2026
Hopkins v Tamworth Regional Council [2026] NSWLEC 10NSWTamworth Regional CouncilNSWLECCosts—Council16 Feb 2026COSTS – final
1770 Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor v Gladstone Regional Council [2026] QPEC 3QLDGladstone Regional CouncilQPECCosts—Council13 Feb 2026No. 2
Dawkins v Yarra CC [2025] VCAT 27VICYarraVCATCostsOtherApplicant27 Jan 2026
Hillis v Hepburn SC [2026] VCAT 20VICHepburnVCATCostsOtherCouncil21 Jan 2026Costs
Craig v Banyule CC [2026] VCAT 5VICBanyuleVCATCosts—Applicant6 Jan 2026Costs
Luxor Corporation Pty Ltd v Brimbank CC [2025] VCAT 1094VICBrimbankVCATCostsOtherMixed11 Dec 2025Costs
Moorabool SC v Aquilina [2025] VCAT 1030VICMooraboolVCATCostsOtherApplicant21 Nov 2025
West Wimmera SC v Galambos [2025] VCAT 964VICWest WimmeraVCATCostsOtherCouncil29 Oct 2025Costs
Greater Dandenong CC v Down Town Entertainment Pty Ltd [2025] VCAT 929VICGreater DandenongVCATCostsOtherCouncil22 Oct 2025
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