Black Ink Architecture Pty Ltd v Ipswich City Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Queensland Planning and Environment Court

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

15/02/2018

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Flood risk

REVIEW TYPE

Merits Review

SUMMARY

PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT – APPEAL – where appeal against decision to refuse a development application for a material change of use (Community use - child care centre) – where proposed in a flood plain – whether the proposed development is compatible with the flooding constraint – whether the application complies with the respondent’s planning scheme – whether the application complies with State Planning Policy July 2017 – the weight to be given to the State Planning Policy - whether the planning discretion should be exercised in favour of approval.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Black Ink Architecture Pty Ltd v Ipswich City Council [2020] QPEC 13