Noubia Pty Limited v Coffs Harbour City Council No 3 [2023] NSWLEC 36

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Noubia Pty Limited v Coffs Harbour City Council No 3 [2023] NSWLEC 36 Hearing dates: 29, 30, 31 March 2021, 1 April 2021, 25 November 2021, 14, 15, 16 December 2022 Date of orders: 31 March 2023 Decision date: 31 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: See below in [255]-[257] Catchwords: CIVIL ENFORCEMENT – amount of compensation payable for land transferred to local council in 2007 pursuant to condition of development consent – condition requires compensation to be determined in accordance with Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW) – identification of public purpose – decrease in value of land transferred to local council as result of public purpose – hypothetical purchaser likely to consider hypothetical residential subdivision would be approved – appropriate valuation methodology – compensation awarded in amount sought by applicant Legislation Cited: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 (NSW), ss 54, 55, 56 Cases Cited: Boland v Yates Property Corp Pty Ltd (1999) 74 ALJR 209Coffs Harbour City Council v Noubia Pty Ltd (2020) 246 LGERA 56; [2020] NSWCA 142 Coffs Harbour City Council v Noubia Pty Limited [2022] NSWCA 32 Noubia Pty Ltd v Coffs Harbour City Council [2019] NSWLEC 113 Noubia Pty Limited v Coffs Harbour City Council (No 2) [2021] NSWLEC 142 Texts Cited: Compensation for Economic Loss (2022) 96 ALJ 832 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Noubia Pty Limited (Applicant) Coffs Harbour City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Lancaster SC with H Irish (Applicant) I Hemmings SC with A Pearman (Respondent)