Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | March 2018

The March 2018 addi­tion has a focus on the new amend­ments to the EP & A Act, just com­menced on 1 March 2018, as well as an update on the sta­tus of the Bio­di­ver­si­ty Con­ser­va­tion Act 2016 arrange­ments, which are slow­ly creep­ing towards final­i­sa­tion and shed­ding the for­mer process­es under the Threat­ened Species Con­ser­va­tion Act 1995 (now repealed).
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Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | Jan­u­ary 2018

For this mon­th’s newslet­ter we thought we’d delve in deep and con­sid­er one impor­tant deci­sion, hand­ed down at the end of 2017. We also have a quick note on a UK deci­sion which may have impli­ca­tions for stra­ta unit own­ers who offer apart­ments on Airbnb.
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Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | Novem­ber 2017

This month we have tak­en a look at some recent crim­i­nal law cas­es with seri­ous con­se­quences, clause 30A of the SEPP (Afford­able Rental Hous­ing) 2009, and the new SEPP for tree removal on urban land.
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Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update | July 2017

Wel­come to the inau­gur­al Swaab Plan­ning & Envi­ron­ment Update.We love plan­ning & envi­ron­men­tal law, and we hope you can see our pas­sion, curi­ousi­ty and con­cern for our prac­tice come through in our updates.
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