Court Decision
This case involved an appeal against an infrastructure charges notice issued by Logan City Council, where the appellant argued that the infrastructure charges notice (ICN) should be set aside and replaced with, or changed to a levied charge of ‘nil
Court Decision
Welcome to the first Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review of 2024. This article will summarise two very interesting cases that arose outside of the Planning and Environment Court, and also discuss a quartet of topical P&E cases.
Court Decision
Key issues: The Planning and Environment Court has confirmed that an assessment manager is not bound by, or limited to, its reasons for refusal and does not require leave to rely on planning scheme provisions not articulated in its decision noti
Article
Key issues: There’s been a recent spate of publicised contraventions of the QLD Food Act. Local councils have a range of enforcement powers at their disposal, all of which have the potential to cause serious damage to the reputation and custome
Legislation Update
After a turbulent couple of years, the Local Government Minister announced a review of the Local Government Act 1995 (WA) (the Act) last year. The goal of the review will be to modernise the Act to improve local government service delivery, as well
Court Decision
In the two recent cases of Allen & Anor v Cairns Regional Council & Anor No. 31 and Ferreyra & Ors v Brisbane City Council2, the Planning and Environment Court has demonstrated a reluctance to order costs in the context of declaratory pr