Barker v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation [2022] NSWLEC 1357

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Barker v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation [2022] NSWLEC 1357 Hearing dates: 9 and 10 September 2021 and 11 and 12 April 2022 Date of orders: 08 July 2022 Decision date: 08 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Chilcott C Decision: Directions – see [73] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION – proposed flood mitigation works - whether proposed works are acceptable having regard to the matters in section 166C(1) of the Water Act 1912. Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s39 Water Act 1912, Pt 8, ss 165A, 166, 171 Water Management Act 2000, ss 403, 368, Schs 7, 8, 9 (cl 7), 10 (cl 38) Cases Cited: Barker v Water Administration Ministerial Corporation of NSW [2012] NSWLEC 1039 Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc v Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Warkworth Mining Limited [2013] NSWLEC 48 Khan Owen Horne v The Water Administration Ministerial Corporation [2019] NSWLEC 1172 Texts Cited: Floodplain Management Plan for the Upper Namoi Valley2019 Land and Environment Court of NSW COVID-19 Pandemic Arrangements Policy, April 2021 Liverpool Plains Flood Management Advisory Committee, Red Bob's Plain Flood Management Study Part One – around 'Bareese', 1995 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Geoffrey Hugo Barker (Applicant) Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (First Respondent) Paul James Snape (Second Respondent) Snape Farming Co Pty Limited (Third Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R White (Applicant) H El-Hage (Respondent) J Smith (Second and Third Respondent)