Cumming v Cumberland Council (No 3) [2022] NSWLEC 1214

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Cumming v Cumberland Council (No 3) [2022] NSWLEC 1214 Hearing dates: 11-12 April 2022 Date of orders: 26 April 2022 Decision date: 26 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: O'Neill C Decision: The orders of the Court are: (1) The appeal is upheld. (2) Development Application No. 2020/374 for a seven storey boarding house containing 24 boarding rooms and a manager's room, at 32 Mary Street, Lidcombe, is determined by the grant of consent, subject to the conditions of consent at Annexure A. (3) The exhibits, other than Exhibits 1 and X, are returned. Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – boarding house – contravention of the height of buildings development standard – bulk and scale – insufficient onsite car parking Legislation Cited: Auburn Local Environmental Plan 2010, cll 4.3, 4.4, 4.6 Cumberland Local Environmental Plan 2021, cll 1.8A, 4.3, 4.4 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 4.15, 8.7, 8.15 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 39 State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, Div 3 cll 26, 27, 29, 30 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, cl 2 of Sch 7A, Pt 2 Div 2, cll 10, 23, 24, 25, 26 Cases Cited: Baron Corporation Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2019] NSWLEC 61 Cumming v Cumberland Council [2021] NSWLEC 1330 Cumming v Cumberland Council (No 2) [2021] NSWLEC 117 Four2Five Pty Ltd v Ashfield Council [2015] NSWLEC 90 Friends of Malua Bay Inc v Perkins (2014) 203 LGERA 14: [2014] NSWLEC 95 Gillespies v Warringah Council (2002) 124 LGERA 147; [2002] NSWLEC 224 Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (2018) 236 LGERA 256; [2018] NSWLEC 118 RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2019] NSWCA 130 Shaffer Corp Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council (1992) 77 LGRA 21 Wehbe v Pittwater Council (2007) 156 LGERA 446; [2007] NSWLEC 827 Texts Cited: Cumberland Development Control Plan 2021 Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Cumming (Applicant) Cumberland Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A. Galasso SC (Applicant) C. McFadzean (Solicitor) (Respondent)