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Planning and environment law

Segco Pty Ltd ATF The GNS Trust v Wollongong City Council

Class 1 planning appeal upheld by agreement after conciliation conference, with development consent granted for subdivision, housing and wastewater works at Clifton.

  • Development consent
  • Subdivision
  • Multi dwelling housing
  • Onsite wastewater management system
  • Conciliation conference
  • Voluntary planning agreement
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Local government law

Dubow v Warrumbungle Shire Council

Dubow v Warrumbungle Shire Council [2025] NSWLEC 15

The Court referred the self-represented applicant to the Pro Bono Panel and stayed Council’s poultry order temporarily pending further directions.

  • Stay of orders
  • Pro bono legal assistance
  • Appeals from local council orders
  • Animal and land use regulation
  • Stay-of-orders
  • Pro-bono-legal-assistance
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Planning law

Wong v Hunter’s Hill Council

Wong v Hunter’s Hill Council [2025] NSWLEC 1116

A Class 1 development appeal was upheld after conciliation, and consent was granted for a revised two-storey dwelling proposal at 12 Joly Parade, Hunters Hill.

  • Development consent
  • Jurisdictional prerequisites
  • Zoning and land use
  • Environmental planning instruments
  • Development-consent
  • Class-1-development-appeal
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Local government law

Burwood Council v Wanless

Burwood Council v Wanless [2025] NSWLEC 10

The Court found Susan Wanless had not complied with a council order about overgrown grass and weeds, and made civil enforcement orders under the Local Government Act.

  • Failure to comply with council order
  • Enforcement of s 124 order
  • Natural justice requirements
  • Health and safety – overgrown vegetation
  • Local-government-law
  • Civil-enforcement
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Planning and environment law

Hall v Northern Beaches Council

Hall v Northern Beaches Council [2025] NSWLEC 1111

The Court upheld a development appeal and a building information certificate appeal concerning a boatshed at Church Point, granting consent and ordering specified remedial works.

  • Development consent
  • Building information certificate
  • Variation of development standards
  • Foreshore area development
  • Conciliation conference
  • Development-consent
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Environmental law

Elk Designs Newcastle Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council

Elk Designs Newcastle Pty Ltd v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWLEC 1089

The Court upheld a planning appeal by consent after conciliation, granting development consent for a five-unit multi-dwelling housing project at East Gosford.

  • Development application
  • Conciliation conference
  • Agreement between parties
  • Amendment of application
  • Costs orders
  • Development-application
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Planning law

Studio Johnston Architects Pty Ltd v Inner West Council

Studio Johnston Architects Pty Ltd v Inner West Council [2025] NSWLEC 1080

The Court upheld the appeal and modified development consent after a conciliation conference, accepting the agreed s 34 disposition and jurisdictional requirements.

  • Modification application
  • Development consent
  • Heritage conservation
  • Stormwater drainage
  • Landscaped area
  • Basix compliance
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Local government law

Deputy Secretary, Local Government, under delegation from the Secretary, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure v Saravinovski

Deputy Secretary, Local Government, under delegation from the Secretary, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure v Saravinovski [2025] NSWCATOD 10

The Tribunal found a former Bayside councillor guilty of misconduct for failing to fully disclose a non-pecuniary conflict and for disrespectful conduct toward council staff.

  • Councillor misconduct
  • Failure to disclose non-pecuniary interest
  • Code of conduct breaches
  • Protective orders in disciplinary proceedings
  • Local-government-law
  • Councillor-misconduct
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Planning law

TM Woollahra Pty Ltd v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra

TM Woollahra Pty Ltd v Council of the Municipality of Woollahra [2025] NSWLEC 1075

On conciliation in a Class 1 development appeal, the Court upheld the appeal, accepted clause 4.6 variation requests for height and FSR, and granted consent.

  • Development consent
  • Local environmental plans
  • Variation of development standards
  • Residential flat development
  • Development-consent
  • Clause-4-6-variation
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Planning law

Brindisi v Mosman Municipal Council

Brindisi v Mosman Municipal Council [2025] NSWLEC 1063

The Court upheld an appeal and modified a development consent for alterations to a dwelling house, finding the proposed awnings and bedroom changes did not unreasonably increase visual bulk.

  • Modification application
  • Development consent
  • Visual bulk
  • Streetscape impact
  • Awnings
  • Landscaping
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