The unit is concerned with land use controls administered by municipal councils and other planning authorities. It will firstly give the candidate a broad outline of statutory planning in Victoria and with an emphasis on urban regions, then concentrate on a number of specific issues including: What considerations are relevant to the exercise of planning discretion. The power to include conditions in planning permits and limitations on such power; legal responses to problems of urban sprawl. Ministerial planning powers; citizens participation in the planning process; the role of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Other topics depending on time and interest of class. -- Course Website
