Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Pty Ltd ATF The Trustee for Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Trust v Northern Beaches Council (No. 2) [2021] NSWLEC 1676 Hearing dates: 7 October 2021 Date of orders: 8 November 2021 Decision date: 08 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Clay AC Decision: See [2] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – shop top housing – character of the neighbourhood – appropriate urban form – design quality – breach of height control – bulk and scale – loss of trees – traffic impacts – adequacy of parking – pedestrian access and safety – experts agreement as to issues – matters raised by objectors – public interest Cases Cited: Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Pty Ltd ATF The Trustee for Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Trust v Northern Beaches Council [2021] NSWLEC 1675 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Pty Ltd ATF The Trustee for Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Trust (Applicant) Northern Beaches Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Galasso SC (Applicant) S Patterson (Solicitor) (Respondent) Solicitors: Mills Oakley (Applicant) Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/283826 Publication restriction: Nil Judgment 1. On 8 October 2021 I delivered an ex tempore judgment (Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Pty Ltd ATF The Trustee for Platinum Property Advisors No 1 Trust v Northern Beaches Council [2021] NSWLEC 1675) giving reasons why I proposed to grant development consent subject to conditions. The parties were required to file conditions consequent upon the reasons given. 2. The agreed conditions reflective of the reasons having now been filed I make the following orders: 1. Appeal upheld; 2. Development consent is granted to development application number DA2020/0393 for demolition of existing structures, construction of a mixed use development comprising retail uses and shop top housing containing 49 dwellings, basement car park for 238 vehicles, landscaping and a public square at lot 1 in Deposited Plan 1199795 known as 28 Lockwood Avenue, Belrose subject to the conditions in Annexure A. 3. The exhibits other than exhibits A, B, C, D and 1 be returned. ………………………… P Clay Acting Commissioner of the Court Annexure A (442793, pdf) ********** DISCLAIMER - Every effort has been made to comply with suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication that may apply to this judgment or decision. The onus remains on any person using material in the judgment or decision to ensure that the intended use of that material does not breach any such order or provision. Further enquiries may be directed to the Registry of the Court or Tribunal in which it was generated. Decision last updated: 08 November 2021