Case note: improper planning conditions

In South of Perth Yacht Club (Inc) v Jacob MLA [2016] the Supreme Court of Western Australia quashed the Minister for Environment's decision to impose a condition upon the Yacht Club requiring it to enter into a new lease, as part of the approval granted by the Minister, for an application to commence development within an area of riverbed the subject of a lease between the Yacht Club, as lessee, and the Minister for Transport, as lessor (the Lease).