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Key points The Coty principle is an important principle when considering draft planning schemes that have not yet taken effect. However, as the Court of Appeal has highlighted, the draft planning scheme may be one of many considerations relevant t
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Queensland uses an environmental offsets framework to counterbalance unavoidable environmental impacts from development at one site by enhancing and protecting environmental values at another. On 2 October 2020, the Queensland Government released
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Stage two of the legislative review of the Local Government Act 1995 (WA), which began in 2018, included the release of a detailed discussion paper on the option for local governments to form beneficial enterprises. In this alert, Solicitor Lily Ro
Legislation Update
On 11 July 2020, public consultation opened on revisions to the R-Codes State Planning Policy 3.1 (SPP 3.1), which forms part of the State Government’s planning reforms to support economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. SPP 3.1 proposes a num
Legislation Update
On 27 May 2020, we reported on the Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2020 (WA) (PD Amendment Bill), which is now the Planning and Development Amendment Act 2020 (PD Amendment Act), passed by the WA Parliament on 23 June 2020 and gazetted on 7 J
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The Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2020 (WA) (PDA Bill) is currently being considered in the Western Australian Parliament. The PDA Bill amends the Planning and Development Act 2005 (WA) (PDA Act), and other related Acts, in order to introdu