Planning and Environment Quarterly Case Review – June 2024
Cold weather makes for perfect reading conditions so what perfect timing that our Quarterly Case Review for June 2024 is here.
Gemma Chadwick
Special Counsel
Gemma is a Special Counsel in our Planning and Environment practice.
/ Experience
Gemma offers extensive experience managing a range of planning and environment matters, including representing clients in the Planning and Environment Court to assist in obtaining development approvals. Gemma also advises developers, government entities and mining and infrastructure proponents across the spectrum of State and Federal planning and environment legislation. She provides front end advice such as project scoping and due diligence and has experience preparing and negotiating infrastructure agreements.
Gemma is an active member of many relevant industry associations, including the Queensland Environmental Law Association, the Urban Development Institute of Australia and the Planning Institute of Australia.
/ Recognition
- Featured in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ 2022 - 2025 for Planning and Environmental Law
/ Service expertise
/ Sector expertise
Publications by Gemma Chadwick
Court Decision
Court Decision
Palmer v Council of the City of Gold Coast [2023] QPEC 47
The site in this appeal was large, but constrained. It was located in the Guragunbah floodplain and adjoined the Merrimac Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP). The scale of the development proposal was also large. The appellant had lodged a development
Court Decision
Redland City Council v Boutique Capital Pty Ltd as Trustee & Ors [2024] QPEC 1
The respondent in this case was in the process of constructing a building which was intended to be used for speciality disability accommodation for people with disabilities, who would be supported under the NDIS. Building approvals were in place, but