Stevens Holdings Pty Limited v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWLEC 1045

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Stevens Holdings Pty Limited v Central Coast Council [2025] NSWLEC 1045 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 21 October 2024 Date of orders: 28 January 2025 Decision date: 28 January 2025 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Nichols AC Decision: The Court orders that: (1) The appeal is upheld. (2) Development application DA/2270/2023 as amended, for the light industrial development comprising 22 units and associated works at the Site, is determined by the grant of development consent subject to the conditions included at Annexure A. (3) Pursuant to s 8.15(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 the applicant is to pay the costs of the Respondent that have been thrown away as a result of the amendment of the development application, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: APPEAL – development application – light industrial development – conciliation conference – agreement between the parties – orders made Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 4.15, 4.16, 8.7, 8.15 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 34 Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2022, cll 2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 4.3, 4.4, 5.21, 7.1, 7.6 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, s 38 State Environmental Planning Policy (Industry and Employment) 2021, s 3.6; Sch 5 State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, Ch 2, ss 2.7, 2.8, 4.6 State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021, s 2.119 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stevens Holdings Pty Limited (Applicant) Central Coast Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: D Tyrrell (Applicant) S Simington (Respondent)