CK Design Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council [2022] NSWLEC 82

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: CK Design Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council [2022] NSWLEC 82 Hearing dates: 06 July 2022 Date of orders: 06 July 2022 Decision date: 07 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pepper J Decision: Separate question ordered and consequential timetabling directions made. See orders at [42]. Catchwords: SEPARATE QUESTION: whether a question should be determined separately and in advance of the final hearing – applicable legal principles – the resolution of the separate question will substantially narrow the evidential and factual field of controversy – substantial savings in terms of expert evidence and costs if separate question ordered – utility of s 34 conciliation eroded if separate question not ordered – application granted. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 1.3, 8.7, 8.13 Interpretation Act 1987, s 33 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 39 Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Miscellaneous) Order 2021 State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, cll 26(c), 27(1), 29(2), 30A, 30(1), Div 3 of Pt 2 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, cll 10(1), 26, 68(2), 69(1), Sch 7A, Ch 1 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 28.2 Cases Cited: 820 Cawdor Road Pty Ltd v Wollondilly Shire Council (2013) 195 LGERA 170; [2013] NSWLEC 8 Allandale Blue Metal Pty Ltd v Roads and Maritime Services (2013) 195 LGERA 182; [2013] NSWCA 103 Bardetta v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2001) 120 LGERA 17; [2001] NSWLEC 164 Cavanagh v Wollondilly Shire Council [2019] NSWLEC 105 Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Ltd v Attwells [2014] NSWCA 335 Johnson Property Group Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2020] NSWLEC 4 Jokona Pty Ltd v Liverpool City Council [1997] NSWLEC 17 Lawson v Minister for Environment and Water (South Australia) and the State of New South Wales [2022] NSWLEC 50 Royal Motor Yacht Club (Broken Bay) New South Wales Pty Ltd v Northern Beaches Council [2016] NSWLEC 87 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: CK Design Pty Ltd (Applicant) Penrith City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: T To (Applicant) J Reid (Respondent)