Introduction: A section describing who you are, and if you are speaking on behalf of others, who they are, and your interests in the application. The Review Site and Locality: A section describing the review site and the area in which it is located, with particular emphasis on those aspects of the site and locality relevant to your arguments. This description can be supported by photographs, aerial photographs, maps, videos etc. The Proposal: If you are an applicant, you should fully describe your proposal, and provide the Tribunal with copies of your plans and any other descriptive material you might have. If you are an objector, you should emphasise those aspects of the proposal which you find objectionable, and may even refer to those aspects you would otherwise support. Planning Schemes and Policies: A section describing the applicable planning scheme provisions and planning policy framework, to the extent that they are relevant to the issues on which you rely. For example, if car parking is an issue in an application, there are relevant planning scheme provisions that you may use to support your argument. A Statement of the Issues: In a submission where the issues are complex, it may be useful to briefly list the issues which you are going to deal with in the main submissions, as a way of making the structure of your submissions clear to the Tribunal. If you wish you could nominate issues you consider to be the key issues in the application. Main Submissions: The most important section of the submission, in which you set out the facts and your arguments in relation to the issues on which you intend to rely in the application. Conclusions: A section in which you briefly summarise your case, and set out the decision which you believe the Tribunal should make, i.e. grant a permit, include conditions on a permit, or refuse a permit etc. The special role of the responsible authority The responsible authority has a particular duty to provide background information to the Tribunal in relation to the site, the locality, the proposal, the planning scheme and planning policy, etc. It is not necessary for you to repeat this material if it is not relevant to your argument. WITNESSES It is not uncommon for parties in a hearing to rely solely on their submissions and not call witnesses in relation to fact or expert opinion. Indeed, there are many applications for review in
Introduction: A section describing who you are, and if you are speaking on behalf of others, who they are, and your interests in the application. The Review Site and Locality: A section describing the review site and the area in which it is located, with particular emphasis on those aspects of the site and locality relevant to your arguments. This description can be supported by photographs, aerial photographs, maps, videos etc. The Proposal: If you are an applicant, you should fully describe your proposal, and provide the Tribunal with copies of your plans and any other descriptive material you might have. If you are an objector, you should emphasise those aspects of the proposal which you find objectionable, and may even refer to those aspects you would otherwise support. Planning Schemes and Policies: A section describing the applicable planning scheme provisions and planning policy framework, to the extent that they are relevant to the issues on which you rely. For example, if car parking is an issue in an application, there are relevant planning scheme provisions that you may use to support your argument. A Statement of the Issues: In a submission where the issues are complex, it may be useful to briefly list the issues which you are going to deal with in the main submissions, as a way of making the structure of your submissions clear to the Tribunal. If you wish you could nominate issues you consider to be the key issues in the application. Main Submissions: The most important section of the submission, in which you set out the facts and your arguments in relation to the issues on which you intend to rely in the application. Conclusions: A section in which you briefly summarise your case, and set out the decision which you believe the Tribunal should make, i.e. grant a permit, include conditions on a permit, or refuse a permit etc. The special role of the responsible authority The responsible authority has a particular duty to provide background information to the Tribunal in relation to the site, the locality, the proposal, the planning scheme and planning policy, etc. It is not necessary for you to repeat this material if it is not relevant to your argument. WITNESSES It is not uncommon for parties in a hearing to rely solely on their submissions and not call witnesses in relation to fact or expert opinion. Indeed, there are many applications for review in