Katharine Huxley

Nov 20, 2023 | mondaq.com | Thomas Kwok |Annelise Harper |Katharine Huxley

On 5 October 2023, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) published new Guidelines for the Withdrawal of Development Applications (Guidelines). These Guidelines come as the NSW Government stands on the precipice of a major housing crisis which is projected to lead to a shortfall of 134,000 homes over the next five years based on data prepared as part of the National Housing Accord.

Nov 15, 2023 | lexology.com | Thomas Kwok |Katharine Huxley |Annelise Harper

On 5 October 2023, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) published new Guidelines for the Withdrawal of Development Applications(Guidelines). These Guidelines come as the NSW Government stands on the precipice of a major housing crisis which is projected to lead to a shortfall of 134,000 homes over the next five years based on data prepared as part of the National Housing Accord.

Oct 18, 2023 | mondaq.com | Thomas Kwok |Katharine Huxley

Amongst the various mechanisms in environmental planning instruments used to increase development yield, clause 4.6 is probably the most well-known. In fact, the most cited Land and Environment Court case in 2022 on Austlii was Wehbe v Pittwater Council (2007) 156 LGERA 446 (Wehbe), which summarised the common ways in which an applicant might demonstrate that compliance with a development standard is 'unreasonable or unnecessary'.

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Thomas Kwok |Katharine Huxley |Paul Libreri

Once an applicant obtains a development consent, they may wish to make changes to the development. Sections 4.55 and 4.56 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) provide mechanisms for applicants to make an application to modify a development consent. An applicant can alternatively lodge a fresh development application for development on land where there is already an operational consent. There can be more than one valid consent operating at the same time.

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Thomas Kwok |Katharine Huxley |Paul Libreri |Christine Jones

In the media New pathway to guide Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council de-amalgamation The NSW Government has today salvaged the plan to de-amalgamate Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council (CGRC). A new plan to guide the establishment of two new sustainable local government areas will be assessed by the public inquiry led by the Boundaries Commission (3 October 2023). Read more here.