Anderssen Lawyers are experienced Planning and Environment Lawyers, providing expert legal advice in Commercial Property law and Acquisition of Land Act matters.
We act for developers, investors, property owners, and organisations involved in complex property and infrastructure projects.
Planning and Environment
The firm has extensive experience in all aspects of practice before the Planning and Environment Court.
While we utilise conventional legal pathways to resolve matters formally, we emphasise managing litigation efficiently and pursuing negotiated solutions whenever possible. Our team has acted for many large residential and industrial developers, including ASX-listed companies and long-standing property developers.
As expert Planning and Environment Lawyers, we understand how planning issues, development constraints, and infrastructure obligations can affect your projects. We provide practical advice and legal strategies to achieve the best outcome for clients while minimising delays and costs.
Property, Leasing, Commercial and Finance
Our specialist property lawyers have completed thousands of commercial transactions for private owners and investors, developers, tenants, resort owners, sporting and recreational entities and property advisors.
We know how to work in partnership with you to understand what you want to achieve, assess the market context of your particular industry and produce the documents and/or process advice to deliver the commercial outcomes expected.
Claims under the Acquisition of Land Act
The firm has acted on compulsory acquisition claims for dispossessed land owners extensively since the mid 1990s in a diverse range of claims including:
Resumptions for road and rail purposes – including for major infrastructure projects such as Motorway projects, the Hale Street Bypass, tunnel projects and for local roads;
Resumptions for State Development Areas;
Resumptions for rail, powerline and gas infrastructure, park and other community infrastructure.
Acting for clients in compulsory acquisition matters involves an understanding of the planning issues that arise in the assessment of the "highest and best use" of the land and an ability to understand assessment provisions, infrastructure obligations, development constraints, development opportunities and the associated instruments that govern those matters.
Comprehension of the scheme of the resumption and ultimately what is required to be considered and what is to be disregarded in the assessment of compensation is also integral and can have a significant impact on the outcome of a claim.
By choosing Anderssen Lawyers as your Planning and Environment Lawyers, you gain a team that combines legal expertise with practical experience in property and development law. We focus on efficient litigation, negotiated solutions, and clear communication. Our clients benefit from our deep understanding of the Planning and Environment Court, commercial property transactions, and compulsory acquisition claims.
