[2025] VCAT 1076
General information, not legal advice.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
2025-12-04
Original judgment source is linked above.
[1] The submissions and evidence of the parties, any supporting exhibits given at the hearing and the statements of grounds filed have all been considered in the determination of the proceeding. In accordance with the practice of the Tribunal, not all of this material will be cited or referred to in these reasons.
[2] Clause 14.01-1S (Protection of agricultural land), Clause 16.01-3S (Rural Residential Development), Clause 14.01-1L-02 (Dwellings and subdivision in farming areas) and Clause 14.01-2S (Sustainable agricultural land use).
[3] Gleeson v Greater Geelong CC [2021] VCAT 329
[4] Under the Strategies of clause 14.01-1S.
[6] Who also wrote the Farm Management Plan submitted with the permit application.
[7] Report by Planit, dated November 2024, page 18.
[9] Page 15 of the Farm Management Plan.
[11] Mr Suckling's evidence statement, page 4.
[12] Source: Mr Crowder's evidence statement, Figure 2.
[14] According to t the council's written submissions at paragraph 11.
[15] Source: Mr Crowder's evidence statement, Figure 1.
[16] Based on the Register Search Statement submitted with the permit application.
[17] Under the Strategies of clause 14.01-1L-02.
Gleeson
Greater Geelong CC [2025] VCAT 1076