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LAWS3380 Land Development Law
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The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 Old unit code: 200.380
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| Outcomes: Students are able to (1) describe the subdivision process and relevant considerations by decision-makers; (2) describe the development process and relevant considerations by decision-makers; (3) understand how environmental issues are considered and assessed in the planning and development approval process; and (4) describe the process for obtaining compensation for the effect of a town planning scheme on the land. |
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| Content: This unit covers the legal problems created by the existence of urban areas; cultural differences in urban form; models of legislation; analysis of local legislation including subdivision of land, zoning and town planning controls, density controls, development consent, appeals from planning authorities, and enforcement of planning. The approach of the unit is to relate the principles of the science of town planning to the development of the law relating to planning. |
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Assessment: This comprises two compulsory short assignments (25 per cent each) and a final examination (50 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Marisa Taliangis and Graham Castledine |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
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| Prerequisites: LAWS2205 Property II |
| Co-requisites: LAWS3386 Administrative Law II |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week
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Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/131003 |
| Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009. |
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Assistance with study skills, including English language skills,
is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students
(see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/).
Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. |
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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change.
Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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