What We Do

Landsas offers specialised property advisory services uniquely blended with capacity, knowledge and a deep experience in working with government agencies in the use of public land.

Landsas is dedicated to the delivery of property, planning and land management advice that is tailored to our client’s explicit needs.

Specifically, Landsas offers the following property services:

Planning and Land Management

• planning and project management for land development including:
• development applications;
• rezoning applications and other applications to amend Local Environmental Plans;
• Reviews of Environmental Factors; and
• local government authorisations;
• specialised delivery of holiday park and manufactured housing estate authorisation solutions including:
• design;
• planning;
• approval processing; and
• project management.

Training

• Native title training to assist local government in:
• understanding native title and aboriginal land rights;
• addressing native title within specific projects using project management frameworks; and
• meeting obligations under the Native Title Act 1993 and the Crown Land Management Act 2016 .

Use of Public Land

• the development of Plans of Management;
• Native title;
  • on specific parcels of land;
  • by land managers;
  • non-claimant applications
  • development of and negotiation of indigenous land use agreements
• understanding land status;
• Aboriginal land rights and response to aboriginal land claims;
• the access to, utilisation, administration and management of government land;
• strategy and policy development.
• analysis into the suitability and capability of land for development, sale, conservation and offset purposes;
• working with Government;
• navigation of agency and political process in occupying Crown land;
• mediation and negotiation in relation to the occupation and use of government owned land.

Commercial leasing and occupation

• planning and project management in the development and management of land;
• business case development for commercial leasing and land purchase proposals;
• financial feasibility analysis to support business case proposals;
• contract negotiation and drafting for lease and sale documentation;
• responding to Expressions of interest and occupation tenders.

Land acquisition and purchase

• Crown and Council roads closure and sale;
• land acquisition by Local or State Government Authorities;
• aboriginal land agreements.

These services are combined with our range of other in-house disciplines to create robust and well informed decisions.

Who We Work With

At Landsas, with our network of independent consultants, we provide advice to :

• Local Government in its role as a crown land manager, providing native title manager advice, understanding land status, responding to aboriginal land claims, the development of Plans of Management and Master plans, the closure of Council roads and the acquisition of land;
• Holiday park and manufactured housing park owners and operators in the planning, development and management of new and existing parks;
• Local Aboriginal Land Councils negotiating Aboriginal Land Agreements with the State Government;
• Crown land managers in understanding their roles and responsibilities in managing Crown land;
• Traditional Owners and State Government in the negotiation of Indigenous Land Use Agreements and other agreements under the Commonwealth Native Title Act, 1993;
• Commercial and non-commercial tenure holders negotiating the occupation of government owned land / Crown roads with the State Government;
• Clients seeking to purchase Crown land, roads and other government land; and
• State Government in the efficient administration of Crown land and other government land through process investigation and re-engineering.

Landsas and our key personnel have provided property advice and services to a number of private and public clients, including:

At Landsas we have a deep understanding of the unique complexities pertinent to our property speciality and our personnel have been selected for their individual abilities to respond to the various challenges