Woollahra Municipal Council v Cameron [2024] NSWLEC 27

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Woollahra Municipal Council v Cameron [2024] NSWLEC 27 Hearing dates: 10 and 11 October 2023 Date of orders: 28 March 2024 Decision date: 28 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pritchard J Decision: The Court makes the following orders: (1) Pursuant to rule 59.10 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), the date for the commencement of the proceedings is extended to 1 March 2023, being the date of filing of the summons. (2) Costs reserved. (3) The matter is listed for further mention before me at a time and date to be fixed in order to hear from the parties in relation to an appropriate form of declaration and injunction in light of these reasons for decision, and in relation to the question of costs. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — time — extension of time to commence proceedings — r 59.10 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING — consent — conditions — construction — whether condition C.1(d) of the modified development consent prohibits excavation within the area previously identified as the 'cellar' level ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING — consent — conditions — s 19(1)(b) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021 (NSW) — whether the relevant building work plans and specifications in the construction certificate are consistent with the modified development consent ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — ground of review other than procedural fairness — unreasonableness — jurisdictional error — whether it was legally unreasonable for the certifier to determine the relevant building work plans and specifications were consistent with the modified development consent — whether legal unreasonableness leads to invalidity of all or part of the construction certificate Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss 4.16, 4.17, 4.31, 4.55, 6.32, 6.8, 9.34, 9.35, 9.36, 9.46 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 34, 35, sch 4 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017 cl 18 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation (Development Certification and Fire Safety) Regulation 2021 (NSW) ss 7, 8, 13, 19, 20 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW) (repealed) cll 139, 145 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 59.10 Woollahra Development Control Plan 2015 (as in force on 30 August 2021) (repealed) Cases Cited: ABT17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2020) 269 CLR 439; [2020] HCA 34 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 233 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1; [1990] HCA 21 Bankstown City Council v Ramahi [2015] NSWLEC 74 Bankstown City Council v Ramahi (No 2) (2016) 216 LGERA 385; [2016] NSWLEC 34 Bardsley-Smith v Penrith City Council (2013) 195 LGERA 34; [2013] NSWCA 200 Brown v Randwick City Council (2011) 183 LGERA 382; [2011] NSWLEC 172 Bunderra Holdings Pty Ltd v Pasminco Cockle Creek Smelter Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) (2017) 96 NSWLR 434; (2017) 226 LGERA 54; [2017] NSWCA 263 Burwood Council v Ralan Burwood Pty Ltd (No 3) (2014) 206 LGERA 40; [2014] NSWCA 404 Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v Environment Protection Authority (2021) 250 LGERA 1; [2021] NSWLEC 92 Carriage v Stockland Development Pty Ltd & Ors [No 7] [2004] NSWLEC 148 Castle Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2007] NSWLEC 459 Castle Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council (2007) 155 LGERA 52; [2007] NSWCA 164 Central Coast Council v 40 Gindurra Road Somersby Pty Ltd (No 2) (2019) 214 LGERA 133; [2019] NSWLEC 171 Cohen v Double Bay Bowling Club [2019] NSWSC 1625 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163; [1995] HCA 58 Dansar Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council (2014) 89 NSWLR 1; [2014] NSWCA 364 Director, Consumer Affairs Victoria v Vic Solar Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] FCA 171 Dyason v Butterworth [2015] NSWCA 52 Ferrcom Pty Ltd v Commercial Union Assurance Co of Australia Ltd (1993) 176 CLR 332; [1993] HCA 5 Gough and Gilmour Holdings Pty Limited v The Council of the City of Holroyd [2002] NSWLEC 108 Hitchcock v Reed [2022] NSWLEC 81 Hornsby Shire Council v Trives (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 190 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2018) 264 CLR 123; 359 ALR 1; [2018] HCA 34 Hunter Industrial Rental Equipment Pty Ltd v Dungog Shire Council (2019) 101 NSWLR 1; (2019) 241 LGERA 321; [2019] NSWCA 147 J.K. 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