Development and Planning Law - JURD7371
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Equivalent: LAWS8071
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main topics
- Aims and origins of planning law
- Strategic planning (content and preparation of planning schemes)
- Assessment and approval of development in NSW, including major projects
- The relationship between planning and property law
- Theory and practice of public participation
- Ecologically sustainable development, climate change and planning
- Housing affordability, equity and social justice
- Planning appeals and the NSW Land and Environment Court
- Recent developments in planning law
The course overlaps somewhat with JURD7773 Cities, planning law and justice and students are excluded from doing both. This course is more focussed the practice of planning law in New South Wales, whereas JURD7773 Cities, planning law and justice is broader and more theoretical.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.