The environment and planning review tribunal - was its’ role changed?

Abstract

From an examination of section 1 of the current EPRT Act, an appeal may now be lodged from those decisions which are specifically listed in the law whereas under the previous Act, an appeal was indeed possible ‘on any matter of development control’ unless the law provided otherwise. Under the present legislation, the EPRT has jurisdiction to hear and determine ‘all appeals made by the applicant from a decision taken following an application’ for:

• A full development permission;

• A permission under a development notification order;

• A permission under a regularization process;

• A change in alignment under a planning control application;

• A permission for a project of common interest (PCI);

• Registration by the Registration Board;

• Screening letters, insofar as a request for additional submissions, studies, assessments and documentation and/or fees and/or contributions required to be paid to the Authority before submission of the application are concerned;

• A request for modification or revocation of permission.