Mei v Council of the City of Ryde [2024] NSWLEC 1242

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Mei v Council of the City of Ryde [2024] NSWLEC 1242 Hearing dates: Conciliation Conference on 7 March 2024 Date of orders: 10 May 2024 Decision date: 10 May 2024 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Byrne AC Decision: The Court orders that: (1) The appeal is upheld. (2) Development consent is granted to Development Application LDA2022/0398 for the demolition of existing structures and construction of a 3 level boarding house with 14 boarding rooms, 2 car spaces, 2 motorbike spaces and internal bicycle parking on land described as Lot 1 in Deposited Plan DP 965774, known as 20 May Street, Eastwood, NSW 2122 subject to the conditions in Annexure A. Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPEAL – boarding house – affordable housing - conciliation conference – agreement between the parties - orders Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 8.7 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 34, 39 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, ss 26, 38, 83 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing) 2021, ss 24, 25, 26 Ryde Local Environmental Plan 2014, cl 2.3,4.6, 6.3, 6.4 Texts Cited: NSW Department of Planning and Environment Apartment Design Guide 2015 Ryde Development Control Plan 2014 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Zhou Shan Mei (Applicant) Council of the City of Ryde (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Staunton (Applicant) M Chillari (Solicitor) (Respondent)