Armstrong and Anor v Ashfield Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 277

Reported Decision : 119 LGERA 384 APPEAL PARTLY DISMISSED

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Armstrong and Anor v Ashfield Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 277 APPLICANTS: Leonard Armstrong Christina Armstrong PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Ashfield Municipal Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40184 of 2001 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Existing Use Rights :- inference to be drawn from historical records - effect of consent to continuation of use under cl 34 of the County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Ordinance - categorisation of use. Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 106, s 106(b)(i), s 109B Local Government Act 1919 s 341, s 342 AS LEGISLATION CITED: Ashfield Local Environment Plan 1985 County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Ordinance cl 24, cl 34, cl 34(1), cl 34(2) Ordinance No. 105 Town and Country Planning - General Interim Development North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio and Electrical Pty Ltd and Others (1989) 67 LGRA 344; Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305; CASES CITED: Shire of Perth v O'Keefe and Another (1964) 110 CLR 529; South Sydney City Council v M. & D. Cooper (Bignold J, NSWLEC, 28 May 1997, unreported); Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Limited (1973) 129 CLR 138; Woollahra Municipal Council v Hinton (1967) 13 LGRA 417 DATES OF HEARING: 29/10/2001, 20/11/2001 (final written submissions) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/07/2001