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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Barton v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 881VICBaysideVCATRefusedOtherCouncil22 Oct 2026
I & T Hunt Pty Ltd v Greater Bendigo CC [2026] VCAT 855VICGreater BendigoVCATRefusedLicensed premisesCouncil15 Oct 2026
O'Brien v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 842VICFrankstonVCATRefusedOtherCouncil12 Oct 2026
Huntly Building Pty Ltd v Greater Bendigo CC [2026] VCAT 786VICGreater BendigoVCATRefusedChildcareCouncil6 Oct 2026
Gunawardana v Melbourne CC [2026] VCAT 796VICMelbourneVCATRefusedDual occupancyCouncil5 Oct 2026
BWK Properties Pty Ltd v Golden Plains SC [2026] VCAT 802VICGolden PlainsVCATRefusedService stationCouncil1 Oct 2026
Leadon Group Pty Ltd v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 780VICFrankstonVCATRefusedCommercialCouncil30 Sept 2026No 2
Mure v Cardinia SC [2026] VCAT 709VICCardiniaVCATRefusedSubdivisionCouncil14 Sept 2026Corrected
Rainn Pty Ltd ATF Rainn Unit Trust v Melton CC [2026] VCAT 746VICMeltonVCATRefusedSubdivisionCouncil14 Sept 2026
Grubb v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 698VICPort PhillipVCATRefusedSingle dwellingApplicant2 Sept 2026
Osborne v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 697VICGreater GeelongVCATRefusedSingle dwellingApplicant27 Aug 2026
Ferguson v Campaspe SC [2026] VCAT 662VICCampaspeVCATRefusedOtherCouncil17 Aug 2026
24 Lisson Grove Pty Ltd v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 565VICBoroondaraVCATRefusedMulti dwellingCouncil13 Aug 2026
Chanson v Yarra CC [2026] VCAT 645VICYarraVCATRefusedSingle dwellingCouncil13 Aug 2026
Sewell v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 638VICMornington PeninsulaVCATRefusedSingle dwellingApplicant13 Aug 2026
Emile v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 564VICFrankstonVCATRefusedSubdivisionCouncil3 Aug 2026
De Bortoli v Yarra Ranges SC [2026] VCAT 578VICYarra RangesVCATRefusedAgriculturalCouncil31 July 2026
Sahib Pty Ltd v Mitchell SC [2026] VCAT 566VICMitchellVCATRefusedChildcareCouncil24 July 2026
Krolo v Moonee Valley CC [2026] VCAT 567VICMoonee ValleyVCATRefusedMulti dwellingCouncil22 July 2026
Flis v Hepburn SC [2026] VCAT 552VICHepburnVCATRefusedSubdivisionCouncil15 July 2026
Mildura Working Man's Club Inc v Mildura RCC [2026] VCAT 544VICMilduraVCATRefusedOfficeCouncil14 July 2026
WBS Pty Ltd v East Gippsland SC [2026] VCAT 522VICEast GippslandVCATRefusedSignageCouncil9 July 2026
Media Circus (VIC) Pty Ltd v Knox CC [2026] VCAT 534VICKnoxVCATRefusedSignageCouncil8 July 2026VIC
Korda v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 497VICBoroondaraVCATRefusedOtherCouncil29 June 2026
Kors-Jones v Cardinia SC [2026] VCAT 476VICCardiniaVCATRefusedSingle dwellingCouncil26 June 2026
ESG Lysterfield Pty Ltd v Yarra Ranges SC [2026] VCAT 480VICYarra RangesVCATRefusedOtherCouncil24 June 2026
Carpenter v Mount Alexander SC [2026] VCAT 472VICMount AlexanderVCATRefusedSingle dwellingCouncil23 June 2026
Albano v Yarra CC [2026] VCAT 459VICYarraVCATRefusedOtherCouncil22 June 2026
Bendemeer Gatehouse Pty Ltd v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 452VICSurf CoastVCATRefusedCommercialCouncil19 June 2026
Buchanan v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 448VICSurf CoastVCATRefusedOtherCouncil17 June 2026
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