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01Compulsory acquisition and compensation
4Your land, business or access affected by acquisition or a public project.
I received a Proposed Acquisition Notice
A Proposed Acquisition Notice starts a defined pre-acquisition timetable. Understand what it means, the compensation claim period and the first steps that protect your position.
View this pathwayMy land is being acquired
Clear advice on proposed acquisition notices, compensation claims, valuation issues and disturbance losses.
View this pathwayI am affected by a development or infrastructure project
Understand your rights, objection options, compensation issues, access impacts and review pathways.
View this pathwayMy land is blighted by a future acquisition
Owner-initiated acquisition where designated or reserved land cannot be sold, the hardship test and compensation on acquisition.
View this pathway02Development application, planning appeal or project approval issue
8Development applications, approvals, refusals, conditions and appeals.
My DA was refused
Understand your appeal options, evidence needs, deadlines and the Land and Environment Court pathway.
View this pathwayCouncil has not determined my application
Assess your options where council has not determined your application within the expected assessment period.
View this pathwayCouncil issued an order
Respond effectively to notices of intention, orders, stop-work issues, compliance action and enforcement risk.
View this pathwayUnauthorised works or use on my property
Building information certificates, council orders, regularising works and defending enforcement where works or a use lack approval.
View this pathwayI need approval for a project
Assess approval pathways, environmental issues, planning controls, agency decisions and approval risk.
View this pathwayI need to modify a consent or challenge conditions
Modification applications, unworkable conditions, the substantially the same development test and your review and appeal options.
View this pathwayI need planning due diligence
Identify planning controls, approval pathways, constraints, environmental risks and feasibility before committing.
View this pathwayHeritage rules affect my property or project
State and local heritage listings, approvals for works, interim heritage orders and Aboriginal cultural heritage requirements.
View this pathway03Council orders, EPA notices and environmental regulation
6Council enforcement, EPA notices, contamination, pollution, biodiversity and water.
Council issued an order
Respond effectively to notices of intention, orders, stop-work issues, compliance action and enforcement risk.
View this pathwayUnauthorised works or use on my property
Building information certificates, council orders, regularising works and defending enforcement where works or a use lack approval.
View this pathwayI received an EPA notice
Respond to environmental, pollution, contamination or compliance notices before the issue escalates.
View this pathwayThere is a contamination issue
Advice on pollution incidents, contaminated land, reporting obligations, regulator correspondence and liability risk.
View this pathwayI am facing environmental enforcement or prosecution
Investigations, statutory interviews, penalty notices, enforceable undertakings and prosecutions in the Land and Environment Court.
View this pathwayBiodiversity or land clearing affects my plans
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme triggers, assessment reports, offset obligations, rural clearing codes and unlawful clearing risk.
View this pathway04Land access, easements, roads and infrastructure impacts
6Land access, easements, roads, statutory entry, utilities and infrastructure impacts.
Biodiversity or land clearing affects my plans
Biodiversity Offsets Scheme triggers, assessment reports, offset obligations, rural clearing codes and unlawful clearing risk.
View this pathwayMy rural or agricultural land is affected
Advice on native vegetation and land-clearing rules, biodiversity obligations, rural zoning and projects affecting farmland and primary production.
View this pathwayA mining, gas or water project affects my land
Advice on exploration and mining access, coal seam gas, aquifer and water-licensing impacts, and compensation where resource projects affect your land.
View this pathwayA transmission line or renewable project wants my land
Easement acquisition for HumeLink, EnergyConnect and renewable energy zone projects, access deeds, strategic benefit payments and compensation.
View this pathwayI have an easement, covenant or access dispute
Easement scope and obstruction disputes, court-imposed easements under section 88K, covenants and neighbouring land access.
View this pathwayA water licence, approval or NRAR issue
Water access licences, works approvals, controlled activities, metering rules, NRAR investigations and the 2026 civil-penalty regime.
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