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LAW 7178 - Planning Law

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020

The focus of this subject is upon the control of land use and development under the South 最新糖心Vlogn planning system. It commences with an examination of the historical evolution of the SA planning system and then considers the nature of the planning procedures under Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 and the controls imposed under that Act. The role and responsibilities of planning authorities and the Courts in the planning system and the purpose and influence of case law will also be considered together with the nature of public involvement within the planning system. The course will also consider the role the statutory planning controls play in the control of government development, major projects and infrastructure proposals heritage and sustainability and the integration of the development assessment system through the statutory referral process with other statutory assessment and approval processes such as the Environment Protection Act, 1993 will be examined.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code LAW 7178
    Course Planning Law
    Coordinating Unit Adelaide Law School
    Term Semester 2
    Level Postgraduate Coursework
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 2 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Assessment Assessment in this course will include a combination of two or more of the following: interim written assessment; in-class presentation; assessment of contribution to class discussion; examination (invigilated or take-home); and/or research essay.
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Dr Kerryn Brent

    The course coordinator is Dr Kerryn Brent who will be responsible for conducting all the seminars in this course.
    Any queries about the course should be directed to Kerryn, whose contact details are as follows: kerryn.brent@adelaide.edu.au 

    Phone: (08) 8313 2878
    Room 311, Ligertwood Building
    Further information about Kerryn can be found at: /directory/kerryn.brent 
    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes

    On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic elements of the SA  planning system's regulatory and policy components. 
    2. Demonstrate knowledge of basic principles of land use planning legal systems.
    3. Demonstrate knowledge of South 最新糖心Vlogn planning law, appeal and enforcement processes.
    4. Analyse court determinations on planning matters and their implications for future development proposals.
    5. Identify a range of legal and policy issues arising out of a development proposal. 
    6. Independently undertake self-directed legal research , including through the use of online technologies.
    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)
    Deep discipline knowledge
    • informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies
    • acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1
    • accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)
    1,2
    Critical thinking and problem solving
    • steeped in research methods and rigor
    • based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development
    • demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment
    4
    Teamwork and communication skills
    • developed from, with, and via the SGDE
    • honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies
    • encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning
    5
    Career and leadership readiness
    • technology savvy
    • professional and, where relevant, fully accredited
    • forward thinking and well informed
    • tested and validated by work based experiences
    3
    Intercultural and ethical competency
    • adept at operating in other cultures
    • comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts
    • able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes
    • demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges
    5
    Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
    • a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal
    • open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers
    • able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate
    6
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    There are no required textbooks. Planning law and policy in South 最新糖心Vlog is, at the time of preparing this profile, the subject of significant statutory reforms. A new statute , the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act, 2016 has been passed by the state parliament and has gardually been brought into operation over a 3 to 5 year time period with it meant to be fully operational by September 2020. This is making significant changes to the system of land use planning in South 最新糖心Vlog.  Students undertaking this course should  have an up to date copy of the S.A. Planning,Development and Infrastructure  Act, 2016 and the Planning,Development and Infrastructure (General) Regulations, 2008 or digital access to it during the class.There are extensive references to those statutory documents throughout the course.

    All state government legislation can be accessed through the SA parliament website and some others. The links are set out below.
    Recommended Resources
    Text Book(s)
    There is no recommended text for the course.  A seminar outline and recommended reading for those wishing to explore the topics further and reading materials for each seminar will be available on line through MyUni.

    References
    Other references you may find useful are:

    Stein, Leslie A, Principles of Planning Law, Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2008 

    Bates, Gerry, Environmental Law in 最新糖心Vlog 10th ed., Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 2019

    DE Fisher, 最新糖心Vlogn Environmental Law (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2014).

    Gurran, Nicole 最新糖心Vlogn Urban Land Use Planning- Introducing Statutory Planning Practice in New South Wales, Sydney 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2007

    Godden, Lee, Peel, Jacqueline,& McDonald, Jan, Environmental Law, (Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2019).

    The 最新糖心Vlogn Journals most frequently referred to in this area include:

    -Environmental & Planning Law Journal (EPLJ), Thomson Reuters

    -Local Government Law Journal (LGLJ), Thomson Reuters

    -The Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law & Policy, 最新糖心Vlog of New South Wales.

    A publication in South 最新糖心Vlog in the area of planning law is “Planning Law SA” which is a looseleaf service published by Presidian Legal Publications and for whom the consulting editor is an Adelaide barrister, Brian Hayes QC. This publication is basically an annotated version of the Development Act 1993 and the Development Regulations under that Act which was the legislation recently repealed by the Planning,Development and Infrastructure Act,2016.It is an excellent resource and there is a copy held on reserve in the Law Library.It is not clear whether Presidian are going to produce an annotated version of the new Act.

    There is also a looseleaf publication “Planning Law in 最新糖心Vlog” published by Thomson Reuters ( general editor: Glen McLeod-SA State editor: Paul Leadbeter) which contains an analysis of relevant land use planning laws in all states and territories including South 最新糖心Vlog as well as some material on laws relating to built heritage and environmental authorisation processes.

    Environmental cases decided in the State Supreme Courts, the Federal Court and the High Court are reported in the Local Government and Environment Reports of 最新糖心Vlog (LGERA). All significant decisions of the SA Environment, Resources and Development Court (ERDC) and the SA Supreme Court (where they deal with environmental issues) can be found in Austlii and on the SA courts'website.
    Online Learning
    MyUni will be used for communication and as a discussion board. Specifically, it will be utilised to post announcements, post lecture materials (including slides, and lecture recordings of lectures) and announce assignment tasks. It will also contain electronic copies of the Course Profile, Lecture and Tutorial Guides, and Course Materials. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly to keep up to date with these materials and additional learning resources throughout the course.

    Cases
    Decisions of the SA Environment Resources and Development court are available online as follows:

    -All decisions after 2003 are on the Court's web site:

    ; and

    -Most decisions from 1997 are on Austlii:


    Legislation
    The preferred site for SA legislation is A Parliament's website for South 最新糖心Vlogn legislation:  

    Alternatively, Austlii contains most legislation though is sometimes slow to incorporate recent updates 
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    In 2020, this course will be delivered online owing to COVID19 changes to teaching. The two hour teaching timeslot will comprise of a mixture of online lecture recorders via MyUni and interactive discussions and activities via zoom. 

    Lecture recordings will be made available in advance, and zoom discussions will be held during timetabled teaching hours. Further details of teaching and learning activities, including the start time of zoom discussions and zoom links will be provided at the start of semester on MyUni.
    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    Contact time: attend 2 hours of classes each week ( held as a block of 2 hours weekly and comprising a mixture of lecture and seminar format). This amounts to 24 hours of formal class time across the semester.

    Preparation time: In addition to attending formal classes it is anticipated that students will do substantial independent work to prepare for classes and to complete the course assignments.
    Learning Activities Summary
    In this course it is intended to cover the following material:
    Week Lecture Topic Zoom Tutorial Topic
    1 Introduction to 最新糖心Vlogn law & planning law Accessing and analysing case law
    2 An overview of the Planning, Development & Infrastructure Act 2016 (SA) Key aspects of the 最新糖心Vlogn legal system
    3 The concept of development and existing use rights Navigating the Planning, Development & Infrastructure Act 2016 (SA)
    4 The role of relevant authorities What constitutes a development?
    5 Development plans and planning policy Legal research skills
    6 The development assessment process and development applicaations - Part 1 Development and planning case analysis
    7 The development assessment process and development applicaations - Part 2 Development application discussion questions
    8 Opportunities for public input in the planning process Problem scenario analysis 
    Mid-Semester Break
    9 Heritage protection and planning The Community Engagement Charter 
    10 Planning for adaptation and climate change Heritage protection and planning
    11 Amenity and Planning Climate change discussion questions
    12 Appeals and Enforcement of Planning Laws Essay writing workshop
    Specific Course Requirements
    There are no requirements specific to this course.A general interest and some understanding of the role and function of the state and federal goverments and their bureaucracies and the processes for the enactment of legislation and policy and the role and function of local government in South 最新糖心Vlog would be helpful although not essential. Students who have a general interest in urban and built environments would also find that a useful asset in this course.
  • Assessment

    The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary
    Assessment Task Task Type Due Weighting Redeemable Length Learning Outcome
    Essay Individual

    5pm, Monday 2 November 2020

    50% No 3000 words 1-6
    Decision Analysis Individual 5pm, Monday 10 August 2020 25% No 2000 words 3,4
    Problem Scenario Individual 5pm Tuesday 6 October 2020 25% No 2000 words 1,2,3,5
    Assessment Related Requirements
    When undertaking an assessment task, students are to be assessed according to whether they are law or non-law graduates respectively. Where the nature of the task involves the exercise of skills that law graduates can be expected to have practised or refined over a longer period or to a greater degree than their non-law counterparts, an assessor may legitimately expect a higher standard of performance from the law graduates in the course.

    Students can redeem failed or unsatisfactory work by submitting additional work after consultation with and in a format approved by the lecturer. To be entitled to do this the student must have received a minimum grade of 40% for the work they are seeking to redeem.
    Assessment Detail
    (i) Research Essay (50% of the final result)
    This aspect of the assessment will provide students with feedback regarding their level of understanding of the course material and their research, written communication and critical thinking skills. Students must submit a 3000-word essay on a topic to be selected from a list of topics provided by the lecturer at the commencement of the course.

    The deadline for submission is Monday 2 November 2020, at 5pm.

    Please note the requirements and penalties re late submissions and papers which exceed the word limits which are set out in 'Submission' below.

    Assessment Criteria
    • level of insight and innovative thought
    • depth of analysis and level of critical examination of the issues raised
    • clarity of expression
    • logical planning and sequence
    • evidence of comprehensive research and consideration of the relevant literature
    • demonstrated understanding of the comparative law method
    • demonstrated understanding of relevant legal materials
    • correct application of relevant material
    • overall presentation, including correct grammar, spelling and punctuation
    • use of resources in formulating the paper including proper acknowledgment and correct referencing

    Fail 0 – 49
    Does not develop coherent and rational arguments; demonstrates fundamental errors of understanding of key legal principles and concepts; little evidence of research to support arguments; demonstrates limited analytical and evaluative skills
    Pass 50 – 64
    Demonstrates a basic understanding of the relevant legal material eg legislation and cases and development policies ; applies core texts and materials; arguments rational and coherent; adheres to referencing requirements
    Credit 65 – 74
    Demonstrates a high level of understanding of the relevant legal materials; has a thorough understanding of course materials; arguments are well constructed with appropriate supporting referencing; demonstrates some critical legal thinking and evaluative skills
    Distinction 75 – 84
    A very high standard of understanding of the relevant legal materials with some original and sophisticated perspectives included; paper demonstrates high level insight; broad ranging research undertaken; evidence of high level of critical thinking; well developed analytical and evaluative skills
    High Distinction 85 - 100
    Outstanding level of understanding and interpretation demonstrated; arguments are compelling and well supported by relevant authorities; student has undertaken broad ranging research and demonstrated original and sophisticated thinking especially in relation to difficult areas of legal application; highly developed written communication skills demonstrated.

    (b) An analysis of a Court's written decision involving a planning dispute with a word limit of 2,000 words. This will require students to read a nominated court decision and answer a number of questions about the decision and the implications of that decision for future development in the locality. This will be worth 25% of student's final mark.
    It must be submitted by Monday 11 August 2020 at 5pm.

    (c) An answer to a problem scenario with a word limit of 2,000 words. In this assignment students will be presented with a hypothetical  factual scenario  relating to an actual site and area in South 最新糖心Vlog. They will be required to identify the site in the development plan and the relevant planning policies. There will also be issues related to the interpretation of provisions in the legislation and previous court determinations and their application to that problem.  This is worth 25% of a student's final grade.
    It must be submitted by Tuesday 6 October 2020 by 5pm.
    Submission
    1. Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.

    2.All assignments must be submitted  electronically through the Turnitin portal and will be marked and returned with comments on line. Comments will be both a mixture of typed and verbal feedback which students will be able to retrieve through Turnitin. Details of the process for electronic submission( through MyUni ) will be provided during the early part of the semester.


    3. The Law School’s standard penalties in relation to late submission and assignments exceeding the word limit apply to Planning Law. The penalties are:

    (a) for late submissions: Submission penalties of 5%of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late,including each day on a weekend. For example,an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is one hour late, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 25 hours late,etc.;

    (b) for assignments over the word length: 5% for every 100 words over 3,300 words( in the case of the essay) or 1,650 words ( in the case of the other 2 assignments). Those limits include a 10% margin over the base word limit for each assignment.

    All written work in the Law School is required to comply with the 最新糖心Vlogn Guide to Legal Citation available at : http//www.law.adelaide.edu.au/library/research/.
    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Courses for which a result of conceded pass has been obtained may not be presented towards the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Laws or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws programs, or any postgraduate law program, nor to satisfy prerequisite requirements within any law course.

    Final results for this course will be made available through .

    Finality of Assessment Grades

    Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the 最新糖心Vlog’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

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    • detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking of items of assessment;
    • sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
    • reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the course coordinator;
    • comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
    • automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, and of final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
    • the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide Law School’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

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    Academic honesty is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.
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