David Carey

Most readers of this blog would probably be aware that local government in NSW is the level of government in Australia with the least...

I find as part of almost all Development Applications that I lodge, Councils are asking for a waste management plan to be prepared. Many...

Skin in the game is a book published by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in 2018 which I managed to read over the holiday period. The central...

Happy new year to all readers of my blog! There have been a number of stories in the press over the Christmas period regarding a high...

Designated development has been a feature of the NSW planning system since the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 came into...

In a previous post, I discussed the process of constructing a road and dedicating it to Council. There are many similarities between this...

Child care centres are common types of development in NSW. This post describes how these developments are assessed under the planning...

This post describes the typical process of constructing a new road and dedicating it to Council under the NSW planning system. Most new...

The NSW Planning system is constantly evolving. The Act that is central to the planning system (the Environmental Planning and Assessment...

How many car parking spaces and what type of spaces to provide is a common question that comes up in designing a development. This blog...

The NSW Government has announced a 107 page amendment to State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt & Complying Development Codes) 2008....

A group home is a private residence model of health care for those with complex health needs. Traditionally, the model has been used for...

A common question is whether it is possible to extend a development consent before the expiry date. There have been many changes to the...

Our at times dry landscape and the risk of bush fires means that planning for bush fire protection has been integrated into the NSW...

There are a few loopholes in the NSW planning system that allow a developer to gain a greater yield for a site than would otherwise by...

Since the late 1990s, most approvals from state government agencies required to perform a type of development have been integrated into...

There are a few loopholes in the NSW planning system that allow a developer to gain a greater yield for a site than would otherwise by...

Quite often, someone will receive approval for a Development Application and will need to modify it. The modification may be the result...

In my post on zoning, I explained how zoning in NSW can restrict the type of development that is allowed on a parcel of land. Zoning is a...

A major amendment to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 came into effect earlier in 2018. A number of commonly used...