For most single houses in Western Australia, the exercise of discretions under the Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) has become vested in local government CEOs or officers authorised by CEOs, to the exclusion of elected Councils.  This is what the recently-enacted...

The Building and Construction Industry (Security Payment) Act 2021 (BCISoP Act), which commenced on 1 August 2022, is now an entrenched part of the legal landscape regulating the Western Australian building and construction industry. Local governments, as principals...

The State Administrative Tribunal has determined that – with two categories of exceptions –  development approval under the Metropolitan Region Scheme is required even for developments that enjoy an exemption from local planning scheme development approval. Town...

  In common with the legal situation in most Australian jurisdictions, Western Australian planning law makes provision for landowners to obtain compensation in some circumstances when their land is subjected to a town planning classification for a public purpose....