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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

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

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

The Western Australian (WA) Court of Appeal has upheld the challenge brought by the Shire of Murray (Shire) against the WA Supreme Court’s decision in IVO Nominees Pty Ltd v Shire of Murray [2019] WASC 67. In this article, Solicitor Lily Robinso

On 4 May 2020, the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) published the Local Government Contract Extensions and Variations Report (Report). The Report published the findings of an audit carried out by the OAG which sought to assess and determine whethe

Key Issues: On 8 April 2020, the Western Australia (WA) Minister for Planning exercised the state of emergency powers under the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (LPS Regulations) and issued a Notice of Exemption t

Key issues On 3 April 2020, the Minister for Planning announced amendments to the Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) Regulations 2015 (LPS Regulations). The amendments to the LPS Regulations give the Minister for Planning the autho