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Protecting third party rights of appeal, protecting the environment: A Tasmanian case study

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posted on 2023-05-19, 08:38 authored by Figg, M
The importance of public participation in environmental and planning law is well established. Despite this, policies to “streamline” environmental approval processes are in vogue in many Australian jurisdictions, leaving public participation opportunities, including third party rights of appeal, vulnerable to restriction. Through a case study of the Tasmanian Resource Management and Planning System and an examination of practitioner experience, this article demonstrates that allowing accessible third party rights of appeal in planning systems frequently leads to better decision-making, as well as providing a means of achieving better environmental outcomes. Calls for reform should be directed at improving access issues, rather than limiting or abolishing third party appeal rights

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Publication title

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volume

31

Pagination

210-222

ISSN

0813-300X

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

Law Book Company

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2014 Thomson Reuters

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified

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