Urban Development and Planning

Twenty-five London plane trees are set to be removed from Hamilton after they were found to be causing problems with local infrastructure.

A Victorian tribunal will investigate whether Mallee Family Care and Mildura Rural City Council could have breached planning permit rules.

Amateur photographer Shane Graves is happiest when lying face down in a pile of leaves, searching through the lens of his digital SLR camera for undiscovered species in the Australian bush.

It's called the 'bush capital', but three quarters of Canberra's suburbs have recorded a decline in tree coverage.

Adelaide sits on the most active seismic zone in Australia and has more than its fair share of tremors below magnitude-4, but it's been 71 years since it was rocked by a serious earthquake. Now, it's a matter of when, not if, it gets another one.

After more than 90 years, greyhound racing will end at Wentworth Park in Glebe, with the public land to be be transferred to the City of Sydney.

Residents of Gilbert Street who originally opposed a development proposal say a deal was struck behind closed doors to proceed with planning.

Gehry's most memorable creations were either celebrated as works of genius or reviled as self-indulgent messes — but either way, people were looking, as he liked to say.

After decades of sewage back flow problems, Townsville City Council is funding a fix that could keep raw human waste out of homes and backyards.

The WA government could consider limiting truck movements across the Stirling Bridge at peak hour to limit traffic congestion when the Fremantle Traffic Bridge closes, the deputy premier says.

A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project. 

A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project.

State politicians face a looming debate in parliament's upper house, which will finally decide whether a stadium is built at Hobart's Macquarie Point and whether Tasmania gets an AFL side.

A $100 million luxury hotel planned for the Darwin Waterfront has fallen through, after concerns were raised by Larrakia traditional owners over its interference with a sacred site.

The retail giant is using development fast-track schemes to push ahead with new supermarket and apartment projects opposed by local councils.

Motorists will be able to use the first 4-kilometre stretch of the new Coomera Connector as an alternative to the busy Pacific Motorway from Tuesday.

With the population heading toward 1 million, the Gold Coast is being urged to overhaul its transport system or risk becoming defined by traffic.

It's the biggest upgrade to Melbourne's rail network in more than 40 years, and it's arrived — the long-awaited Metro Tunnel, along with its five new inner-city stations, opens to the public.

While new swimming areas have opened along the river in recent years, an election promise to open a Western Sydney location has stalled.

An expert planning panel has defended their scathing assessment of Hobart's proposed Macquarie Point stadium while speaking to the politicians who will ultimately decide the project's fate.