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Planning & Environment Law
Despite the publicly stated intention of successive governments to simplify the development approval process, it seems regulation of land use and development just becomes more complex all the time. Our lawyers stay on top of all the changes and are able to guide you through the legal maze to assist you to achieve a viable development approval as quickly and efficiently as possible.
We assist our clients with advice about the development approval process, from initial concept through to lodgement of the application, submissions, decisions and appeals. We have extensive experience in the Planning and Environment Court in planning appeals and injunction and declaration proceedings, as well as Supreme Court judicial review proceedings in relation to environmental approvals.
Our planning and environment practice is integrated with our commercial property practice, so we always have an eye on the commercial outcomes. Often this calls for a comprehensive strategy involving aggressive litigation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to achieve a result as quickly and cost effectively as possible.
We can also assist you when things do not quite go to plan – whether you need to make a submission against an inappropriate development proposal, have an appeal against your approval or you have a problem with a breach of an environmental or planning law, we are here to help.
We are actively involved in the Urban Development Institute of Australia and the Queensland Environmental Law Association.
