Forestry Corporation of New South Wales v South East Forest Rescue Incorporated

High Court of Australia, 9 April 2025
[2025] HCA 15, (2025) 99 ALJR 794, (2025) 263 LGERA 55

• Appeal — Locus standi — ‘Sufficient special interest’ — Exclusion of common law standing — Enforcement of obligations of statutory agency in conduct of forestry operations — Forestry Act 2012 (NSW), s 69ZA — Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 (NSW)

Leeward Management Pty Ltd v Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Queensland Court of Appeal, 14 February 2025
[2025] QCA 11, (2025) 263 LGERA 39

• Development — Environmental impact assessment — Environmental planning instrument — Development permit for material change of use to establish dwelling house — Change application seeking to provide for building new structures — Determination that new proposed structure would exceed height limit imposed by planning scheme and that changed development proposal required impact assessment — Building Act 1975 (Qld), ss 5 and 7 — Building Regulation 2021 (Qld), s 6 — Planning Act 2016 (Qld), ss 8, 43 and 45 — Planning and Environment Court Act 2016 (Qld), s 63 — Planning Regulation 2017 (Qld), s 31(1)(f)

Urban Link Architects Pty Ltd v City of Parramatta Council

Land and Environment Court of NSW, 31 October 2024
[2024] NSWLEC 113, (2024) 263 LGERA 21

• Practice and Procedure — Jurisdiction — Whether proceedings brought within time — Provision in planning legislation that if decision to reject application for development consent changed on review then application taken to have been lodged on date of review decision — Whether outcome of review confirmation or change of determination or decision — Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), Pt 8, Sch 1, Pt 1, Div 4