Archive for May 2021

Many local governments, including many in Central Queensland, do not currently impose conditions in their development approvals in relation to environmental offsets.  Part of the reason for this is that environmental offsets are not widely understood by local governments, despite the fact that Councils can impose conditions for environmental offsets due to their Biodiversity overlay…

It’s that heart wrenching moment and panic that we all want to avoid as either developers or consultants when you realise your development approval has lapsed.  That panic really sets in when it occurs to you that you never lodged an extension application (usually with the Council) before the development approval lapsed. As most of…