Case Study of a Development Application

Description Assignment topic: Case Study of a Development Application Based on the :Lu Projects Pty Ltd v Fairfield City Council [2019] NSWLEC 1021 (30 January 2019). Content: Explain any environmental, heritage, legal or other issues or concerns present. Events Outline the chronology of the events. You should provide a timeline in table-form to summarise the development application process. Trace the various stages of the application process, starting from the conception of the idea to lodge the development application up to its final outcome. Identify and explain the statutory basis for each step of the process. Provide a step-by-step account of issues that emerged and attempts to solve them. Identify and discuss critical stages at which there were options and decisions were made. Describe who made the decisions and justify the reasoning behind these decisions. Explain the actions/response of the stakeholders at various stages of the process. Comment on the process followed Could certain steps be eliminated, shortened or simplified, that is, could efficiency be improved without losing effectiveness of the process? Do certain existing steps/controls need to be elaborated or new ones introduced to improve the effectiveness of the process? Comment on the outcome • Were there winners and losers in the final determination of the development application? • What were the alternative options for the site? • Was the best possible outcome achieved? Comment on the approaches to the process by various stakeholders • What was the approach taken by the various stakeholders involved in the process? • Could that have been improved? • Would you, in the roles of the developer or the planning officer, have approached the issue differently? • Would you have played a more positive/ effective role?