Insights

To coincide with the start of the Sheffield Sheild season, VCAT notched up an even half-century’s worth of decisions in the Planning and Environment List for September.

Whilst a quiet month in the Planning and Environment List at VCAT in August with only 44 decisions reported, several decisions ‘packed a punch’. For our part, Glossop enjoyed another busy month of appearances either as an advocate (Hew Gerrard) or expert planning witness (John Glossop) with Hew amongst the ‘winners’ in Whelan v Yarra CC [2024] VCAT 793, whilst Edwina Laidlaw from our office also successfully represented Stonnington Council in McNee v Stonnington CC [2024] VCAT 798.

July saw 63 reported decisions in the Planning and Environment List of VCAT.

There were 42 reported decisions in the Planning and Environment List of VCAT in June.

A bigger May for VCAT with 70 reported decisions in the Planning and Environment List. Rural councils featured heavily in those decisions of interest this month, which included:

Forty-nine decisions in the Planning and Environment List at VCAT in April including the first appearances for the year for Benalla RCC, Hindmarsh SC and Alpine SC.