Doyle v Bass Coast Shire Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

12/12/2023

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation, Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Coastal hazard, Sea level rise

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

The case concerns a planning permit sought by Ms Doyle to construct a single dwelling in Silverleaves on Phillip Island [1]. The Tribunal discusses the impacts of climate change on sea level rise and coastal inundation pointedly at [85]–[87], [109], and indeed throughout the entire judgment in considering changes to planning responses.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Doyle v Bass Coast Shire Council [2024] VCAT 895