Owners holding a DA refusal, a deemed refusal, or an application that has been stuck in assessment for months with no clear way forward.
A structured review of your refused or stalled Development Application (DA) and a written recovery strategy. A town planner analyses the refusal reasons or the sticking points, then compares your realistic options — a Section 8.2 review, amending and relodging, or a Class 1 appeal to the Land and Environment Court (LEC) — with honest timeframes, costs and prospects for each.
Broadly, six months to commence a Class 1 appeal in the LEC, and a Section 8.2 review must be lodged and determined within limits too. The strategy letter maps your specific dates first, because a lapsed deadline kills options.
A re-assessment of the refused application by council itself, with scope to amend the scheme. It is cheaper and faster than court, and often the right first move for a fixable refusal.
Yes, plainly. If the scheme was over-reached, pushing the same design through review or appeal wastes money — the honest answer is usually amend and relodge.
If a Class 1 appeal looks like your best route, prospects and conduct of the appeal belong with an Australian Legal Practitioner. We offer a separate LEC merits review through Ballast Point's partner network and hand over cleanly.
Yes. Prolonged silence often signals a deemed-refusal appeal opportunity or a fixable assessment problem. The same options analysis applies.
