Cai v Fairfield City Council [2022] NSWLEC 58

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Cai v Fairfield City Council [2022] NSWLEC 58 Hearing dates: 4 April 2022 Date of orders: 13 May 2022 Decision date: 13 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Preston CJ Decision: The Court orders: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) The appellants are to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: APPEAL – appeal against Commissioner's decision –building erected without consent – demolish works order – Commissioner modified order – whether order given in breach of required process – whether order justified on the evidence – whether Commissioner's modification of order involved error of law Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 4.2, 8.18, 9.34, Sch 5 Fairfield Local Environmental Plan 2013 Fairfield City-wide Development Control Plan 2013 s 5B.2.5 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 56A Cases Cited: Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Council of the City of Sydney v Vision Land Glebe Pty Ltd (2019) 243 LGERA 25; [2019] NSWLEC 60 Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (2018) 236 LGERA 256; [2018] NSWLEC 118 McPhee v S Bennett Ltd (1934) 52 WN (NSW) 8 Minister Administering Crown Lands Act v Bathurst Local Aboriginal Land Council (2009) 166 LGERA 379; [2009] NSWCA 138 Randwick Municipal Council v Manousaki (1988) 66 LGRA 330 RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2019] NSWCA 130 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Wei Cai (First appellant) Xi Ma (Second appellant) Fairfield City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: E Cai (Authorised Agent) (Appellants) S Schneider (Solicitor) (Respondent)