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Public Parkland Challenge in the Land and Environment Court

Millers Point Fund Incorporated, a community group, was represented by the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) in its judicial review of the Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) decision in the Land and Environment Court of NSW (LEC) in November.

The decision under review was that of PAC to allow the modification of the Crown Casino Development at Barangaroo to be on land that had originally been set aside as a public park.  In the first approval of the development the area had been set aside as a public park, in the modification of the plan the park was moved back from the waterfront and the casino was relocated to where the park was originally to be situated.  PAC deferred to an approval under the Casino Licensing Laws. [...]  READ MORE →