1. [5 marks] Consider Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Inc v Environmental Protection Authority [2021] NSWLEC 92
Outline the:
a) Relevant facts
b) Issue(s)
c) Relevant Finding(s)
d) Decision
e) Relevance to planning law in NSW.
2. [5 marks] Consider Peabody Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Mid-Western Regional Council [2013] NSWLEC 86
Outline the:
a) Relevant facts
b) Issue(s)
c) Decision
d) Relevance to planning law in NSW
3. [5 marks] Consider Queanbeyan City Council v ACTEW Corporation Ltd [2011] HCA 40
Outline the:
a) Relevant facts
b) Issue(s)
c) Decision
d) What the numerous interventions indicate.
4. [10 marks] The Hickman Principle
a) 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]
5. [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
a) 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]
b) What is a ‘JERP’
[1.5 marks]
c) 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]
