Thomsons

Environment and Planning

Partner

Harshane is a Partner in the Environment and Planning group. He advises major ASX-listed developers, private landowners, energy proponents and government bodies on planning approvals, development consent, rezoning, environmental regulation and planning litigation across New South Wales.

His practice spans the full lifecycle of major project delivery: from approval strategy and rezoning through to state significant development consents, environmental impact assessment and the defence of planning challenges in the Land and Environment Court. He acts on both front-end development advice and back-end litigation, including judicial review and merits appeals in complex and contested matters.

Harshane acts on city-shaping projects of national significance including precinct-scale urban renewal, critical energy infrastructure and development in highly sensitive urban contexts. His matters involve multiple regulators, contested approval processes and high-profile objector groups. He is regularly engaged where the regulatory pathway is novel, the political environment is complex, or the consequences of getting it wrong are enduring.

Harshane trained originally as an architect. That background informs his reading of complex development proposals, his engagement with design and urban planning issues, and his ability to anticipate the regulatory and practical challenges that arise in the delivery of large-scale built environment projects.