VPRS 15563 Register of Determinations, Planning Appeals

Full description

This series contains the master copy of determinations laid down by the Towm Planning Appeals Tribunal VA 598, Planning Appeals Board VA 1408, Planning Division of Administrative Appeals Tribunal VA 2659 and the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal VA 4146.

Each record of determination was signed by the member of the Tribunal who gave the determination and provided the names of the applicant and respondent, the application number and the Member's legally enforceable decision as to the rights and obligations of the applicant and the respondent in respect of each application.

Under the provisions of the Records Disposal Authority (RDA) for Administrative Appeals Tribunal, (PROV 91/10, Sec 4.1.0) and the RDA for VCAT (PROV 2005/03, 2.1.1) a master copy of every determination is to be transferred into archival custody for permanent retention.

Format of records
All determinations created were maintained by the Tribunal originally in lever arch folders each containing approximately 300 determinations. At some stage they were removed from these folders and placed within file covers. The contents of each file reflected the content of each lever arch folder. The range of decision numbers found on the lever arch folder was copied onto the new file.

Related Series
VPRS 4068 Town Planning Appeal Files (Sample Only Retained) 1969 to 1981
VPRS 8345 Appeal Files, Planning (Sample Only Retained) 1981 to 1989
VPRS 8347 Appeal Files (Sample Only Retained) 1989 to 1996
VPRS 8376 Register of Planning Appeals 1969 to 1989
VPRS 8348 Card Index to Appeal Files, Planning (series date range, 1983 to 1989
VPRS Courtlink Case Management System (Index to Appeal Files: Computer Output Index 1989 to ct.

A file was raised for each appeal or application. File numbers were allocated from the Register of Planning Appeals and indexed manually until July 1989. From July 1989, with the introduction of the Courtlink system, the manual indexes and registers ceased to be created. The Courtlink system provided computer based registration, data entry and information retrieval.