Critically evaluate the use of JERPS and hot tubbing in assisting the NSWLEC to resolve planning disputes.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW

[5 marks] Consider Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Inc v Environmental Protection Authority [2021] NSWLEC 92

Outline the:

Relevant facts

Issue(s)

Relevant Finding(s)

Decision

Relevance to planning law in NSW.

[5 marks] Consider Peabody Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Mid-Western Regional Council [2013] NSWLEC 86

Outline the:

Relevant facts

Issue(s)

Decision

Relevance to planning law in NSW

[5 marks] Consider Queanbeyan City Council v ACTEW Corporation Ltd [2011] HCA 40

Outline the:

Relevant facts

Issue(s)

Decision

What the numerous interventions indicate.

 4. [10 marks] The Hickman Principle

With regard to the Hickman Principle or Hickman Approach (Hickman):

What is the common law origin of this?

What are the key elements?

[5 marks]

b) What relevance does Hickman have to local government and planning law in Australia?

Identify as examples at least two statutory references[5 marks]

[15 marks] Consider:

Alison Ziller, The New South Wales Joint Expert Report Policy – reflections of an SIA practitioner (2016) 21 LGLJ 149

ABC Radio National, Law Report, Hot tubbing, 5 May 2009,

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/hot-tubbing/3137260#transcript

 Outline what is a ‘doorstop SIA’

Students need to identify:

The statutory basis for ‘SIA’

The reason for the use of ‘doorstop’

[1.5 marks]

What is a ‘JERP’

[1.5 marks]

What is ‘hot tubbing’

[2.0 marks]

d) Critically evaluate the use of JERPS and hot tubbing in assisting the NSWLEC to resolve planning disputes

Students need to identify:

how and when in the legal process the above procedures come into play

the advantages and disadvantages of these procedures

[10 marks]

 

Critically evaluate the use of JERPS and hot tubbing in assisting the NSWLEC to resolve planning disputes.
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