Amending a Planning Permit
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VCAT’s longstanding ‘transformative’ change ‘test’ for amendment applications was rejected by the Victorian Supreme Court (VSC) late last year. The VSC decision of Niall JA[i] reviewed all the amendment powers available under the Planning & Environment Act 1987 (PEA)[ii] in a case concerning an existing permit for apartments and ground floor retail space. The ‘amendment’…