An inherent conflict of interest: councils as developer and regulator

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

Local councils provide an enormous range of services to their communities. They also play an essential role as the third tier of government – particularly as they exercise planning, approval, regulatory and enforcement functions under State environment and planning legislation. These dual roles mean that there is inherent potential for a conflict of interest for local councils who may be both the owner or proponent of a development,

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Title An inherent conflict of interest: councils as developer and regulator
Language English
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5e6dd036-c1aa-468b-8e4a-474e39313bd0
Remote Last Updated 09/09/2021
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Reference Period 09/09/2021
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales
Data Portal DataNSW

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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "An inherent conflict of interest: councils as developer and regulator". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-3-18726-an-inherent-conflict-of-interest-councils-as-developer-and-regulator