I write in relation to your committee’s inquiry and will address the issue of development consent as it impacts the industrial, commercial and residential development industry in NSW.
Property rights are a key cornerstone to the legal, economic and democratic underpinning of the nation.
As the former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Robert French AC said in a speech:
“… Property rights and interests are valued and protected in the legal tradition of the common law, which is part of the Australian legal tradition. They are also protected to varying degrees by statute law, limiting the purposes for which property can be affected by planning decisions, and providing compensation for compulsory acquisition and injurious affection…”
Any move to erode property rights must be treated with the utmost caution by Government.
Arbitrary changes impacting such rights are a direct affront to these rights and must be backed by comprehensive and actionable data insights, rather than an oversimplified notion that there is a ‘problem’ out there.
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