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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Van Wijk & Anor v Noosa Shire Council [2026] QPEC 38QLDNoosa Shire CouncilQPECOther——20 Oct 2026
Bundaberg Regional Council v Chkorbatov & Ors [2026] QPEC 39QLDBundaberg Regional CouncilQPECOther——14 Oct 2026
MNM Nominees Pty Ltd v Darebin CC [2026] VCAT 823VICDarebinVCATOtherDual occupancyApplicant7 Oct 2026
Averay v Maroondah CC [2026] VCAT 787VICMaroondahVCATOtherMulti dwellingMixed6 Oct 2026Corrected
Maximise FMD Wollert Pty Ltd v Whittlesea CC [2026] VCAT 781VICWhittleseaVCATOther——5 Oct 2026
Emerald Pharmacy Services Pty Ltd v Central Highlands Regional Council & Anor [2026] QPEC 34QLDCentral Highlands Regional CouncilQPECOther——17 Sept 2026
Lindsay v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 584VICSurf CoastVCATOtherCommercialApplicant21 July 2026
Wall v Mornington Peninsula Shire Council [2026] VCAT 536VICMornington PeninsulaVCATOther——9 July 2026
Hall v Whitehorse CC [2026] VCAT 623VICWhitehorseVCATOtherOtherMixed7 July 2026
TPG Telecom Ltd v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 471VICMornington PeninsulaVCATOtherTelecommunicationsApplicant23 June 2026
P & M Minster Constructions Pty Ltd v Latrobe CC [2026] VCAT 464VICLatrobeVCATOtherSubdivisionApplicant22 June 2026
Glengarry Developments Pty Ltd v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 433VICGreater GeelongVCATOther——10 June 2026No 2
Clay v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 385VICPort PhillipVCATOtherSingle dwellingApplicant27 May 2026
Modara Close Pty Ltd v Greater Bendigo CC [2026] VCAT 93VICGreater BendigoVCATOtherMixed useApplicant30 Apr 2026
Glengarry Developments Pty Ltd v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 291VICGreater GeelongVCATOther——28 Apr 2026
Yi Shiu Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council & Anor; Burrell & Ors v Brisbane City Council & Anor [2026] QPEC 15QLDBrisbane City CouncilQPECOtherMixed use—24 Apr 2026
BGM Projects Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council & Ors [2026] QPEC 13QLDBrisbane City CouncilQPECOtherOtherApplicant30 Mar 2026
Council of the City of Broken Hill v Redenbach Group Pty Ltd trading as Redenbach Legal [2026] NSWSC 262NSWBroken Hill City CouncilNSWSCOther——25 Mar 2026CONTRACT — Formation — Intention to contract — Where Council invited legal practice to tender to be appointed to panel — Whether after accepting tender proposals Council entered into separate costs agreements — Whether any “uplift” or “deferred” fee agreement reached orally or by conduct by Council employees FIDUCIARY DUTIES — Breach of fiduciary duties — Where legal practice received money on trust for Council – Whether legal practice entitled to distribute money where no authorisation from Cou
Kordaris v Manningham CC [2026] VCAT 191VICManninghamVCATOtherPlace of worship—23 Mar 2026
Mockridge v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 109VICPort PhillipVCATOther——18 Feb 2026
Bundaberg Regional Council v Douglas & Bonna Pty Ltd [2026] QPEC 4QLDBundaberg Regional CouncilQPECOther——13 Feb 2026
Ballarat CC v Butler [2025] VCAT 1143VICBallaratVCATOtherDual occupancyMixed31 Dec 2025
ID Ross Watt Road Pty Ltd v Macedon Ranges SC [2025] VCAT 1060VICMacedon RangesVCATOtherMixed useMixed3 Dec 2025
Stephen Family Pastoral Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Stephen's Family Pastoral Trust v Logan City Council & Loganview Road North Pty Ltd [2025] QPEC 27QLDLogan City CouncilQPECOtherCommercial—18 Nov 2025
Jeges v Wellington SC [2025] VCAT 963VICWellingtonVCATOtherOtherMixed28 Oct 2025
OTR 208 PTY LTD and CITY OF VINCENT [2025] WASAT 117WACity of VincentWASATOtherService stationMixed24 Oct 2025
Papermite Pty Ltd v Monash CC [2025] VCAT 893VICMonashVCATOtherMulti dwellingApplicant9 Oct 2025
Paradise Holdings (Qld) Pty Ltd v Sunshine Coast Regional Council & Ors [2025] QPEC 21QLDSunshine Coast CouncilQPECOther——26 Sept 2025Qld
Owners Corporation No 1 PS438599 v Mornington Peninsula SC [2025] VCAT 788VICMornington PeninsulaVCATOtherApartmentsApplicant9 Sept 2025
Armistead v Port Phillip CC [2025] VCAT 716VICPort PhillipVCATOtherOtherMixed12 Aug 2025
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