COVID-19 Changes to Planning and Development in NSW
- Author: Gaye Burrows
- Published: 26/03/2020 1:22pm
Planning approvals
Read ArticleCharacterisation – The value of getting it right
- Author: Caitlin Emmerich
- Published: 01/08/2019 4:27pm
Characterisation is the process of defining a land use (‘or development’). This is critical to determining whether that use is permitted in any particular zone.
Read ArticleContract tenders, sharing resources and easing red tape on Council processes
- Author: PDC Lawyers & Town Planners
- Published: 11/07/2019 10:55am
Councils, developers and the community should welcome changes that have now been assented to in the Local Government Amendment Bill 2019 (NSW).
Read ArticleNSW Planning Overhaul and Local Planning Panels
- Author: Lorri Field and Gaye Burrows
- Published: 14/02/2019 6:12pm
Over the last few years, the NSW Government has introduced major reforms to the NSW planning system, which included an overhaul of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW).
Read ArticleCan I challenge a condition of consent?
- Author: PDC Lawyers & Town Planners
- Published: 15/07/2016 9:25am
You can, but you need to be careful in how you go about it.
Read ArticleThe Class 1 Appeal Process Explained
- Author: PDC Lawyers & Town Planners
- Published: 26/06/2016 12:35pm
If you are unhappy with the determination of council in relation to your development application, you can appeal that decision under section 97 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act...
Read ArticleWhen can Council come onto my land?
- Author: PDC Lawyers & Town Planners
- Published: 26/06/2016 12:00am
Councils have broad ranging powers of access to private property under the Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act) (s 191), the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act)(s 119D),...
Read ArticleCan I trim a tree that hangs over my fence from a neighbour’s yard?
- Author: PDC Lawyers & Town Planners
- Published: 26/06/2016 12:00am
Please don’t.
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