Insights on land, planning and environment law.
Plain-English explanations of the issues we are asked about most, written for landowners, developers and the consultants who work alongside them.
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Approvals and licensingWhen the Natural Resources Access Regulator investigates: powers, evidence and civil penalties
How information notices, interviews, inspections, directions, water charges, appeals and civil penalties operate under the current NSW water regime.
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Land access and easementsReconnecting River Country: easements, deeds and compensation
What Murrumbidgee landholders should check in a proposed inundation easement, deed of release or acquisition under the Reconnecting River Country Program.
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Planning and developmentLand and Environment Court planning appeals in regional NSW
How Land and Environment Court development appeals from regional NSW work: the appeal right, Class 1 procedure, local evidence, panels and costs.
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Compulsory acquisitionAcquisition by agreement under the Just Terms Act
When the NSW Just Terms Act applies to an agreed acquisition and what the contract or deed should address before signature.
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Planning and developmentShare or asset sale? Planning and environmental due diligence in NSW
How NSW consents, environment protection licences, contamination duties, water licences and Commonwealth EPBC approvals carry through a share or asset sale.
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Approvals and licensingWhen the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme applies: triggers, assessment reports and consent consequences
How approval pathways, statutory triggers and biodiversity assessment reports determine whether the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme applies.
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