If a Planning and Environment Court hearing for:
- a review
- a directions hearing
- an application in a pending proceeding
- an application for final judgment involving a minor change
is expected to take more than 10 minutes but less than 60 minutes, you can request the Brisbane Court to hear it during a P and E applications week.
The Planning and Environment applications weeks for the current year can be found on the P and E Court Calendar.
Court availability
The live calendar indicates the days currently available for setting down applications and reviews before a judge in the Brisbane during a P and E Applications week. The calendar refreshes on an approximately hourly basis, and will show the time of the last update near the top of the page.
Available dates are subject to change. You should consider an alternative for your hearing date, as there may be insufficient space remaining on the day of your first preference by the time the registry or court receives your request.
Before you make a request
All affidavit material that the parties intend to rely on at the hearing must be filed with the court.
How to submit a request
If you’re a party in a Brisbane case, you should contact the P and E List Manager to request a hearing date during an applications week.
If your matter is at a registry outside of Brisbane, you should contact them directly regarding the local practices.
Request template
If you want to make a request for a hearing date you must use the below template.
| File no. | |
| Name of active parties: | |
| Preferred hearing date: | |
| Is the matter a lengthy review, application in pending proceeding or minor change hearing (whether or not including final orders)? | |
| Has all the material and arguments on which the parties will rely been filed:? | |
| Is the matter contested? | |
Estimated time for hearing
(10 minutes up to 60 minutes): | |
If the request is communicated by a party on behalf of the active parties, it must: - State that all active parties join in the request; and
- Include a copy of written evidence of the consent of all other active parties
| |
What happens next
If your request is granted, P and E List Manager will confirm the hearing date allocated by the court.
Before the hearing
Parties to minor change applications or other substantive applications set down in a Planning and Environment applications week should send the associate of the presiding judge their written submissions, together with any other material intended to be given to the judge, no later than by 2:00pm on the day prior to the hearing.
See the contact details for each associate of the Planning and Environment Court judges.
