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In its bid to try to address the housing crisis, the State government has introduced a range of measures to encourage affordable housing and additional residential development in certain areas close to transport.

This session will discuss the changes, and issues arising from the application of the provisions which give them effect. The State Government also replaced special infrastructure contributions (SICs) with the Housing and Productivity Contributions (HPCs). The session will also discuss the HPC provisions of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and the Ministerial Order regarding the nature and extent of HPCs and the imposition of conditions requiring HPCs’.

Megan Hawley - Partner, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers

Megan is a Principal of Lindsay Taylor Lawyers, and is an Accredited Specialist in Planning, Environment and Local Government lawyer with over 32 years’ experience in planning law. Megan has significant advisory experience in relation to all aspects of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 including advice on characterisation and permissibility of development, validity of consents and planning instruments, assessment pathways, crown development provisions, state significant development and Division 5.1. Megan has also acted in many Class 1 appeals in the Land & Environment Court, and in judicial review proceedings in the LEC and Supreme Court. She acts of local councils, the Department of Planning. Housing and Infrastructure, numerous government agencies and private developers.

Megan is regularly recognized for her work by both the Doyles Guide (Town Planning & Development Law) and Best Lawyers in Australia (Planning & Environment Law and Land Use & Zoning Law).

Dimitrious Havadjia - Senior Associate, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers

Dimitrious practices across the fields of planning, environment and local government law in litigation, advice and drafting work. Dimitrious appears regularly in the Land and Environment Court and provides advice to government and private clients in relation to developments, contributions, planning agreements, and governance matters, with a focus on local government employment and WHS issues.

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The Legal Series will bring together speakers with recognised expertise in various aspects of the NSW Planning System and provide a platform to educate, inform and provide solutions through short seminars focusing on topics identified by our members.

These seminars will provide the necessary information and practical help for those currently working in the planning profession and looking to improve their understanding of legal issues that impact on Planners.

The facilitator for the seminar series will be:

Liz Densley R91porn (Fellow), Founder, Eight Mile Planning

Liz is a town planner with 25 years' professional experience in urban and regional planning in NSW. Having spent the large part of her career in Local Government, Liz moved to join Elton Consulting in 2016 and has this year founded Eight Mile Planning.

Liz is a passionate planner with expertise across land use policy, strategic and statutory planning working closely with both private and public sector clients.

Based in Mudgee in regional NSW, Liz has a particular interest in regional growth and development and delivering a planning framework which can be tailored and is relevant across the diverse jurisdictions to which it applies.