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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Grace v Hobsons Bay CC [2026] VCAT 851VICHobsons BayVCATRemittedDual occupancyMixed7 Oct 2026
Godfrey v Wollondilly Shire Council [2026] NSWCA 181NSWWollondilly Shire CouncilNSWCARemittedMixed useMixed7 Sept 2026ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – development consents to carry out different developments on rural land – construction of consents – nature and extent of developments approved – leave to adduce further evidence to construe a consent – carrying out of development in breach of consents – injunctions to restrain breach of consents – how conditions of consent may themselves be breached – whether terms of injunctions too broad and imprecise
Antoniou v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 682VICMonashVCATRemittedOtherApplicant24 Aug 2026
Phillip Mariathasan One Pty Ltd v Benalla RCC [2026] VCAT 641VICBenallaVCATRemittedChildcareApplicant11 Aug 2026
Stewart v Whittlesea SC [2026] VCAT 580VICWhittleseaVCATRemittedSingle dwellingApplicant23 July 2026
Kloprogge v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 545VICFrankstonVCATRemittedMulti dwellingMixed14 July 2026
Xu v Nillumbik SC [2026] VCAT 386VICNillumbikVCATRemittedOther—29 May 2026
Merkel v Towong SC [2026] VCAT 279VICTowongVCATRemittedSubdivisionApplicant21 Apr 2026
Andersen v Yarra CC [2025] VCAT 951VICYarraVCATRemittedMixed useMixed31 Oct 2025
Winneke v Mornington Peninsula SC [2025] VCAT 891VICMornington PeninsulaVCATRemittedOtherMixed8 Oct 2025
Murphy v Moorabool SC [2025] VCAT 750VICMooraboolVCATRemittedSubdivisionMixed25 Aug 2025
Mooney v Ballarat CC [2025] VCAT 549VICBallaratVCATRemittedSubdivisionApplicant23 June 2025
Clarke v Mornington Peninsula SC [2025] VCAT 161VICMornington PeninsulaVCATRemittedOtherMixed24 Feb 2025Costs
Dance v Colac Otway SC [2025] VCAT 52VICColac OtwayVCATRemittedTourismMixed21 Jan 2025No. 3
Indara Corporation Pty Ltd v Nillumbik SC [2024] VCAT 1182VICNillumbikVCATRemittedTelecommunicationsApplicant11 Dec 2024
California Gold Pty Ltd v Moyne SC [2024] VCAT 1121VICMoyneVCATRemittedSingle dwellingMixed28 Nov 2024
Zaccaria v Banyule CC [2024] VCAT 1105VICBanyuleVCATRemittedMulti dwellingApplicant18 Nov 2024
Sharp v Mornington Peninsula SC [2024] VCAT 1056VICMornington PeninsulaVCATRemittedOtherApplicant11 Nov 2024Corrected
Smith v Yarra Ranges SC [2024] VCAT 1036VICYarra RangesVCATRemittedRetailMixed29 Oct 2024
Gupta v Hobsons Bay CC [2024] VCAT 1000VICHobsons BayVCATRemittedSingle dwellingMixed23 Oct 2024
Georges River Council v Eskander [2024] NSWLEC 98NSWGeorges River CouncilNSWLECRemittedDual occupancyCouncil26 Sept 2024APPEAL — Appeal on a question of law — Appeal pursuant to s 56A of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) — Appeal against a Commissioner’s decision — Whether Commissioner was satisfied that adequate arrangements had been made for suitable vehicular access when required — The fact that there was an existing application to obtain an easement cannot amount to an arrangement — Proceedings remitted back to Commissioner for consideration
Moworks Vic Pty Ltd v Hobsons Bay CC [2024] VCAT 913VICHobsons BayVCATRemittedMulti dwellingMixed23 Sept 2024
Gladstone Regional Council v Motolake Pty Ltd [2024] QPEC 41QLDGladstone Regional CouncilQPECRemittedSingle dwellingCouncil16 Sept 2024
Courtney v East Gippsland SC [2024] VCAT 883VICEast GippslandVCATRemitted—Mixed12 Sept 2024Corrected
Aberle v East Gippsland SC [2024] VCAT 845VICEast GippslandVCATRemittedAgriculturalMixed5 Sept 2024
James v Darebin CC [2024] VCAT 805VICDarebinVCATRemittedMulti dwellingMixed23 Aug 2024
JIPL Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Surf Coast SC [2024] VCAT 329VICSurf CoastVCATRemittedHealthMixed10 Apr 2024
Downtown Entertainment Pty Ltd v Greater Dandenong CC [2024] VCAT 224VICGreater DandenongVCATRemittedMixed useMixed13 Mar 2024
Hillview Rise Pty Ltd v South Gippsland SC [2024] VCAT 188VICSouth GippslandVCATRemittedOtherMixed29 Feb 2024
Zammit v Greater Geelong CC [2024] VCAT 60VICGreater GeelongVCATRemittedMulti dwellingMixed19 Jan 2024
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