Legal advice on DA submissions, objections, approvals, and planning law changes.
Councils, developers and the community should welcome changes that have now been assented to in the Local Government Amendment Bill 2019 (NSW). The amendments will enable councils to conduct meaningful consultation with their communities, remove...
Exempt and complying development is defined in the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 (Codes SEPP). If development is ‘exempt’, it means that no approval is required from council under the...
You can, but you need to be careful in how you go about it. If your development application has been determined by way of a consent, the council issuing the consent will usually apply conditions....
Characterisation refers to the process of properly defining a use (or ‘development’) that is, or is intended to be, carried out. The process of characterisation is critical in some cases, as the permissibility of a...
The rights of third parties in the development process are relatively limited. Generally, as an affected neighbor, you will be notified by council of the proposal and invited to make submissions on how the development...
There is an important difference between an approval and a consent, insofar as land use is concerned. Both the Local Government Act 1993 (LG Act) and the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act)...
The terms of a development consent can have a significant impact on how a development is carried out and the extent of the use to which the land is ultimately put. Additionally, if you fail...
Yes. A person who considers that there are planning grounds for not approving a development, may raise an objection. When a development application is lodged with a council, that council must, as soon as practicable,...
Basically, if at any point in the course of your development you need a certificate, like a construction certificate or a complying development certificate, you need a certifier. Though there are additional circumstances in which...
No, not always. Consent is not required for development that is exempt or complying development under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Code) 2008. Click here to see our article on exempt...
