Thursday 15 May 2008

Government's reform proposal withdrawn

The Australian Financial Review reports that the Department of Planning’s proposal to give local government the power to compulsorily acquire land for onsale to developers as part of urban renewal has been scrapped. Parramatta City Council is awaiting a Court of Appeal decision regarding the Land and Environment Court refusing council’s compulsory acquisition of properties in Darcy Street, for its $1.4 billion Civic Place project.

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