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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VKM Holdings Pty Ltd v Mansfield SC [2026] VCAT 869VICMansfieldVCAT———22 Oct 2026
Barton v Bayside CC [2026] VCAT 881VICBaysideVCATRefusedOtherCouncil22 Oct 2026
Friends of Taylor Park Torquay Victoria Inc v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 873VICSurf CoastVCAT———22 Oct 2026
Keown v Moonee Valley CC [2026] VCAT 862VICMoonee ValleyVCATDismissedHealthCouncil16 Oct 2026
I & T Hunt Pty Ltd v Greater Bendigo CC [2026] VCAT 855VICGreater BendigoVCATRefusedLicensed premisesCouncil15 Oct 2026
Foster v Surf Coast SC v [2026] VCAT 856VICSurf CoastVCAT———15 Oct 2026
Frisch v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 847VICSurf CoastVCATInterlocutoryExtractive—14 Oct 2026
Karseras v Banyule CC [2026] VCAT 853VICBanyuleVCATUpheldSubdivisionCouncil14 Oct 2026
Gourlay v Greater Geelong CC [2026] VCAT 754VICGreater GeelongVCAT———13 Oct 2026
Nillumbik SC v Hunter [2026] VCAT 849VICNillumbikVCATDismissedSingle dwellingApplicant13 Oct 2026
LWGW Rathmullen Pty Ltd v Manningham CC [2026] VCAT 840VICManninghamVCATGrantedMulti dwellingApplicant12 Oct 2026
Gardiner-Crossley v Mornington Peninsula SC [2026] VCAT 837VICMornington PeninsulaVCATDismissedOtherCouncil12 Oct 2026No. 2
Radtke v Baw Baw SC [2026] VCAT 843VICBaw BawVCATGrantedDual occupancyApplicant12 Oct 2026
O'Brien v Frankston CC [2026] VCAT 842VICFrankstonVCATRefusedOtherCouncil12 Oct 2026
Armstrong v Surf Coast SC [2026] VCAT 839VICSurf CoastVCATVariedSingle dwellingMixed9 Oct 2026
Gray v Hepburn SC [2026] VCAT 824VICHepburnVCAT———8 Oct 2026
Zhang v Knox CC [2026] VCAT 826VICKnoxVCATDismissedMulti dwellingCouncil7 Oct 2026
Bejjal Pty Ltd v Hume CC [2026] VCAT 805VICHumeVCATGrantedSubdivisionMixed7 Oct 2026
Alison's Touch Pty Ltd v Baw Baw SC [2026] VCAT 810VICBaw BawVCATInterlocutoryMulti dwellingApplicant7 Oct 2026
MNM Nominees Pty Ltd v Darebin CC [2026] VCAT 823VICDarebinVCATOtherDual occupancyApplicant7 Oct 2026
Grace v Hobsons Bay CC [2026] VCAT 851VICHobsons BayVCATRemittedDual occupancyMixed7 Oct 2026
Huntly Building Pty Ltd v Greater Bendigo CC [2026] VCAT 786VICGreater BendigoVCATRefusedChildcareCouncil6 Oct 2026
Averay v Maroondah CC [2026] VCAT 787VICMaroondahVCATOtherMulti dwellingMixed6 Oct 2026Corrected
Wingadee Pty Ltd v Stonnington CC [2026] VCAT 809VICStonningtonVCAT———5 Oct 2026
Maximise FMD Wollert Pty Ltd v Whittlesea CC [2026] VCAT 781VICWhittleseaVCATOther——5 Oct 2026
Gunawardana v Melbourne CC [2026] VCAT 796VICMelbourneVCATRefusedDual occupancyCouncil5 Oct 2026
Maddingley Brown Coal Pty Ltd v Moorabool SC [2026] VCAT 762VICMooraboolVCATGrantedExtractiveApplicant5 Oct 2026
Zhu v Whitehorse CC [2026] VCAT 811VICWhitehorseVCATDismissedOtherCouncil2 Oct 2026
Saana v Mitchell SC [2026] VCAT 799VICMitchellVCAT———1 Oct 2026
Cheung To v Monash CC [2026] VCAT 803VICMonashVCAT———1 Oct 2026
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