Our Knowledge

26 Apr 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Government
Local government

Written by Ian Wright

What a storey: change to increase the number of storeys of a residential building in Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast, held to be for a minor change

26 Apr 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development

Written by Ian Wright, Nadia Czachor, Courtney Palmer

Stock saleyard removed from the Queensland Heritage Register for failing to meet criteria for cultural heritage significance

27 Mar 2023

Government
Planning and development
Legal Knowledge Matters
Local government

Written by Ian Wright

No need for a full-line supermarket in the Cairns Northern Beaches until 2031

27 Mar 2023

Government
Planning and development
Local government
Legal Knowledge Matters

Written by Ian Wright, Nadia Czachor, Krystal Cunningham-Foran (1), Ashleigh Foster

Reconfiguring a lot into four lots in a low density residential zone approved on appeal to the Planning and Environment Court of Queensland

27 Mar 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Local government

Written by Ian Wright, Nadia Czachor, Ashleigh Foster

Quality over quantity: Multiple dwelling in New Farm, Queensland, approved on appeal as compliance with the qualitative provisions of the planning scheme prevail over non-compliance with the quantitative provisions of the planning scheme

27 Mar 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Local government
Government

Written by Ian Wright

Convictions for felling 62 native trees in Kuraby, Queensland are not uprooted

27 Mar 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Government
Local government

Written by Ian Wright, Nadia Czachor, Matt Richards

Planning and Environment Court of Queensland allows appeal for approval of a development application for short-term disability accommodation at Mount Tamborine

19 Feb 2023

Planning and development

Written by Ian Wright

Redevelopment of Eagle Street Pier, Brisbane CBD

17 Feb 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Government
Government
Local government

Written by Nadia Czachor, Ian Wright, Ashleigh Foster

Planning and Environment Court of Queensland gives decisive weight to the ecological provisions of a later planning scheme and refuses a development application for reconfiguring a lot

17 Feb 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Local government

Written by Nadia Czachor, Ian Wright, Hugh Russell

Planning and Environment Court of Queensland approves a high-rise multiple dwelling building on the Gold Coast

17 Feb 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Local government

Written by Nadia Czachor, Ian Wright, Ashleigh Foster

Planning and Environment Court of Queensland upholds a building envelope condition but strikes down a condition prohibiting additional vegetation clearing

17 Feb 2023

Legal Knowledge Matters
Planning and development
Property

Written by Todd Neal, Annie Dong

Use of excessive security cameras on easements in New South Wales