Planning Law and Environmental Assessment - LAWS8071
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9220 or 5750 or 8619 or 5499 or 7339
Excluded: JURD7371
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course is also available to students enrolled in the Master of Environmental Management (8619), Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management (5499) and the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management (7339).
This course is also available to students undertaking relevant postgraduate non-law degree programs at UNSW provided such enrolment is approved by the appopriate non-law Faculty.
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
- Provide an overview of the legislative framework controlling various types of developments in NSW;
- Understand the planning and planning-related functions of different levels of government, and the role and contribution of the community;
- Provide a sound analysis of obligations arising under State and Commonwealth environmental assessment regimes;
- Examine the range of mechanisms for review and appeal of planning decisions in NSW; and
- Critically evaluate the role of the law in achieving the objectives of planning policy in the context of current social, economic and environmental issues.
Main Topics
- Purposes, justifications and critiques of planning;
- Critical examination of the development and ongoing revisions to planning legislation in NSW;
- The preparation and content of Environmental Planning Instruments;
- Development control under NSW state law;
- The approval of major projects in NSW;
- Appeals and review of planning decisions under NSW state law;
- The historical, ethical and political dimensions of EIA;
- Environmental assessment under NSW state law and Commonwealth legislation;
- The role of different levels of government in planning and environmental assessment, and the scope for public participation.
Assessment
Class presentation and abstract: 15%
Research essay (6000 words): 75%
Course Texts
Prescribed
Course materials will be provided by the lecturer
A full reading list will be provided in the detailed course outline.
There are a large number of new books on the market. Some existing helpful titles include:
Stein L: Principles of Planning Law
Lyster R et al: Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales
Fainstein S and Campbell S: Readings in Planning Theory
Thompson S and Maginn P: Planning Australia – An Overview of Urban and Regional Planning
Bates G: Environmental Law in Australia
Thomas I and Elliot M: Environmental Impact Assessment in Australia – theory and practice.
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