Rigg v Western Australia Planning Commission

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

05/04/2016

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Bushfire risk

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

CATCHWORDS: Town planning Three lot survey strata subdivision Purple Title Conservation Extreme bushfire hazard area Whether bushfire risk can be managed One publicly available evacuation route Vegetation survey insufficient Insufficient certainty as to proposed building envelope. ORDERS: 1. The application for review is dismissed. 2. The decision of the respondent on 8 March 2016 refusing the proposed subdivision is affirmed.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Rigg v Western Australia Planning Commission [2017] WASAT 19