Xia v Fairfield City Council [2021] NSWLEC 1612

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Xia v Fairfield City Council [2021] NSWLEC 1612 Hearing dates: 27 September 2021 Date of orders: 18 October 2021 Decision date: 18 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Peatman AC Decision: See Orders [94] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT – demolition – construction of 2 storey boarding house – amenity – character and streetscape – landscaping- noise – draft SEPP Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 8.7, 8.10, 8.14 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, cll 49, 55, 77 Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 2013 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 17(d), 39 State Environment Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, cll 3, 4, 26, 27, 29, 30 State Environmental Planning Policy (Building Sustainability Index: BASIX) 2004 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021 - Draft Cases Cited: Architects Haywood and Bakker Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2000] NSWLEC 138 Project Venture Developments v Pittwater Council (2005) 141 LGERA 80; [2005] NSWLEC 191 Yessaeian v City of Ryde [2018] NSWLEC 1474 Texts Cited: Fairfield City Council, Stormwater Management Policy, (September 2017), cl 3 Fairfield Citywide Development Control Plan 2013 Chapter 10, 11 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Shao Lian Xia (First Applicant) Linkian Li (Second Applicant) Fairfield City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G McKee (solicitor) (Applicants) P Hudson (solicitor) (Respondent)