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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Showing 1–30 of 422

National planning disputes
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Armstrong v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 839VICSurf CoastVCATVariedSingle dwellingMixed9 Oct 2026
Avery v Maroondah CC [2025] VCAT 787VICMaroondahVCATVariedMulti dwellingMixed29 Sept 2026
430 Brunswick St Pty Ltd v Yarra CC [2026] VCAT 751VICYarraVCATVariedMixed useApplicant18 Sept 2026
Hill v Benalla RCC [2026] VCAT 606VICBenallaVCATVariedTourismMixed5 Aug 2026
Webb v Moonee Valley CC [2026] VCAT 413VICMoonee ValleyVCATVariedDual occupancyMixed2 June 2026
Sorensen v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 379VICPort PhillipVCATVariedOtherApplicant25 May 2026
177 Toorak Road Developments Pty Ltd v Stonnington CC [2026] VCAT 356VICStonningtonVCATVariedMixed useApplicant19 May 2026
Strachan v Latrobe CC [2026] VCAT 322VICLatrobeVCATVariedSingle dwellingApplicant7 May 2026
Doodewaard v Wangaratta RCC [2026] VCAT 31VICWangarattaVCATVariedSignageApplicant5 May 2026
Palliser v Banyule CC [2026] VCAT 254VICBanyuleVCATVariedMulti dwellingMixed10 Apr 2026
Wandoo Pty Ltd v Hobart City Council [2026] TASCAT 37TASHobart City CouncilTASCATVariedMulti dwellingMixed31 Mar 2026
CPS Technology & Infrastructure Pty Ltd & Optus Mobile Pty Ltd v Bass Coast SC [2026] VCAT 292VICBass CoastVCATVariedTelecommunicationsApplicant26 Mar 2026
A Plus Sports Pty Ltd v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 193VICMonashVCATVariedOtherMixed25 Mar 2026
Englefield v Clarence City Council [2026] TASCAT 34TASClarence City CouncilTASCATVariedDual occupancyMixed24 Mar 2026
Carollo v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 182VICSurf CoastVCATVariedDual occupancyMixed20 Mar 2026
Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Limited v Brisbane City Council & Anor [2026] QPEC 8QLDBrisbane City CouncilQPECVariedHealthMixed11 Mar 2026No.2
JIPL Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 168VICSurf CoastVCATVariedSignageApplicant10 Mar 2026
Cordwell Resources Pty Ltd v Noosa Shire Council [2026] QPEC 6QLDNoosa Shire CouncilQPECVariedExtractiveMixed3 Mar 2026
Coyte v Moonee Valley CC [2026] VCAT 122VICMoonee ValleyVCATVariedOtherMixed24 Feb 2026
Lu v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 137VICBoroondaraVCATVariedSingle dwellingMixed24 Feb 2026
Stanley v Kingston CC [2026] VCAT 121VICKingstonVCATVariedMulti dwellingMixed23 Feb 2026
Officer Holdings (VIC) Pty Ltd (ACN 633 421 459) v Cardinia SC [2026] VCAT 42VICCardiniaVCATVariedMixed useMixed29 Jan 2026VIC; ACN 633 421 459
Luxor Property Group Pty Ltd v Port Phillip CC [2026] VCAT 38VICPort PhillipVCATVariedMixed useMixed21 Jan 2026
Yang v Boroondara CC [2026] VCAT 46VICBoroondaraVCATVariedSingle dwellingApplicant20 Jan 2026
Taylor v Casey CC [2026] VCAT 10VICCaseyVCATVariedOtherApplicant8 Jan 2026
Sunshine Coast Regional Council v McArthur [2025] QPEC 30QLDSunshine Coast CouncilQPECVariedOtherCouncil12 Dec 2025
Cimino v Bayside CC [2025] VCAT 1096VICBaysideVCATVariedOtherApplicant11 Dec 2025
Richardson v Yarra CC [2025] VCAT 1059VICYarraVCATVariedSingle dwellingApplicant2 Dec 2025
Selby Bridge Pty Ltd v Mornington Peninsula SC [2025] VCAT 1055VICMornington PeninsulaVCATVariedSingle dwellingMixed1 Dec 2025
Victoria Amateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) v Glen Eira CC [2025] VCAT 916VICGlen EiraVCATVariedSubdivisionMixed30 Oct 2025incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club
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