Dib v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2021] NSWLEC 1553

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dib v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2021] NSWLEC 1553 Hearing dates: 8-9 July 2021 Date of orders: 22 September 2021 Decision date: 22 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pullinger AC Decision: See directions at [103] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – boarding house – whether number of rooms a development standard –local character – cl 4.6 written request – directions Legislation Cited: Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2015, cll 4.1B, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 6.1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 1.4, 8.7 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, cll 55, 121B Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 34, 39(2), 39(6) State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, cll 30, 30A, 30AA State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 State Environmental Planning Policy No 55—Remediation of Land, cl 7.1 State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017 Cases Cited: Laurence Browning Pty Limited v Blue Mountains City Council [2006] NSWLEC 74 Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) 116 LGERA 319; [2001] NSWCA 270 Wehbe v Pittwater Council (2007) 156 LGERA 446; [2007] NSWLEC 827 Woollahra Municipal Council v Carr (1985) 62 LGRA 263 Texts Cited: Bankstown Development Control Plan 2015 Land and Environment Court, COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy (April 2021) Category: Principal judgment Parties: William Dib (Applicant) Canterbury Bankstown Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Pickles (Applicant) S Berveling (Respondent)