Kara-Ali v Hawkesbury City Council [2021] NSWLEC 1418

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kara-Ali v Hawkesbury City Council [2021] NSWLEC 1418 Hearing dates: 24 and 25 June 2021 Date of orders: 23 July 2021 Decision date: 23 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Peatman AC Decision: The Court orders that: (1) The appeal is upheld. (2) Development Consent is granted to DA00069/20 at 1855 Putty Road, Colo for an animal boarding or training establishment – vegetation clearing, the construction of a stables building, the installation of a prefabricated staff building and the operation of an animal boarding or training establishment subject to conditions of consent in Annexure A. (3) The Exhibits are to be retained other than Ex 2 (except for tabs 9, 12-14). Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION– biodiversity – koala habitat – bushfire risk – revegetation – riparian – Colo River Legislation Cited: Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 s 1.3 Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017 cll 7.2, 7.3 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 8.7, 4.15 and 4.16 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cll 49, 55, 77 and 113 Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 Zone E4, cll 5.1, 5.1A, and 6.1-6.4 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 17 and 30 State Environment Planning Policy (Coastal Management) 2018 cll 3, 5, 6 and 13 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 cl 100 State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Protection) 2020 cl 4, 5, Schedule 1 – cl 9, Part 3 cl 12 State Environmental Planning Policy (Koala Protection) 2021 Part 4 cl 18 State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land cl 7(1) Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 20—Hawkesbury-Nepean (No 2—1997) cl 6(1)-(7) Cases Cited: BGP Properties Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council (2004) 138 LGERA 237; [2004] NSWLEC 399 Hawkesbury City Council v Kara-Ali (No 2) [2018] NSWLEC 129 Texts Cited: Hawkesbury Development Control Plan 2020 Part A cl 3.1, 3.2 and 3.2.1 Planning for Bushfire Protection 2019 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Wafaa Kara-Ali (Applicant) Hawkesbury City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Nurpuri (Applicant) M Cottom (Solicitor) (Respondent)