Gerard Timbs Email & Phone Number

I am an planning and environmental lawyer based in Brisbane, practising across Queensland.I practise in all aspects of planning and environmental law including the delivery of major, renewable energy, agricultural and commercial developments. I provide advise in relation to planning appeals, declaratory proceedings, valuations and resumptions of land and environmental compliance and enforcement.My areas of expertise include -- Supreme Court judicial review proceedings, Planning and Environment Court appeals and declaratory proceedings, Land Court valuation, compensation and resumption disputes, and Magistrates Court complaints and committal proceedings for development and environmental offences; - planning disputes; - town planning due diligence; - legal compliance and project delivery; - acquisition, resumption, compensation, land valuation and land access advice and disputes; - environmental impact assessment; - native title and cultural heritage advice; - prosecution of environmental, planning and local law offences; - planning and environmental law advice in respect of major residential, childcare, tourism, agricultural, renewable energy, retail, industrial, commercial and mixed use projects.My clients include developers, applicants, landowners, third party stakeholders and Local, State and Federal Government authorities. I have been listed in the 2014 to 2022 editions of Best Lawyers in Australia for Land Use and Zoning Law and Planning and Environmental Law. Since 2017I have also been recognised in the Doyles Guide as a recommended lawyer in Planning & Development Law in Queensland. I am a qualified (previously practising) town planner.

Listed skills include Litigation, Legal Advice, Dispute Resolution, Due Diligence, and 22 others.