NSW Legal Series | Planning reforms & community participation
Event Outline
With the fast pace of recent planning reforms it is important to understand the legal requirements with respect to community participation. Failure to comply with those requirements is often a ground of challenge to a planning instrument or approval.
This presentation will summarise the legal requirements for community participation with respect to:
1. Planning legislation;
2. Environmental planning instruments;
3. Various forms of development approval;
4. The Land and Environment Court process.
Commentary from the Courts regarding the importance of community participation in administrative decision-making will also be provided.
Speaker
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Alistair Knox, Partner, Pikes & Verekers Lawyers
Alistair is a partner at Pikes and Verekers Lawyers. He is an accredited specialist in Local Government and Planning Law. He has experience in all jurisdictions of the Land and Environment, with the bulk of his practice acting for Applicants in development appeals.
Alistair is a member of the Law Society Environmental Planning and Development Committee and is the former Chair of the Young Lawyers Environment and Planning Committee.
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Jelena Zelikovic, Solicitor, Pikes and Verekers Lawyers
Jelena is a solicitor in the local government, environment and planning law team at Pikes and Verekers Lawyers. She has experience acting for Applicants in development appeals at the Land and Environment Court.
Jelena has previous in-house legal experience in the renewable energy industry where she contributed to state significant projects in varying stages as well as at the Downing Centre Court where she was exposed to both criminal law and civil litigation.
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Facilitator
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Liz Densley RPIA (Fellow), Founder, Eight Mile Planning
Liz is a town planner with 25 years' professional experience in urban and regional planning in NSW. Having spent the large part of her career in Local Government, Liz moved to join Elton Consulting in 2016 and has this year founded Eight Mile Planning.
Liz is a passionate planner with expertise across land use policy, strategic and statutory planning working closely with both private and public sector clients.
Based in Mudgee in regional NSW, Liz has a particular interest in regional growth and development and delivering a planning framework which can be tailored and is relevant across the diverse jurisdictions to which it applies.
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