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

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