Dosan Pty Ltd v Rockdale City Council [2001] NSWLEC 252

Reported Decision : 117 LGERA 363

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Dosan Pty Ltd v Rockdale City Council [2001] NSWLEC 252 APPLICANT: Dosan Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Rockdale City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40055 of 2001 CORAM: Lloyd J Existing Use Rights :- characterisation - extent of area used - abandonment - intention - confirmation of existing prohibition - changed uses under the 1980 Regulation not existing uses - permissibility with consent results in loss of existing use right KEY ISSUES: Evidence : - presumption of regularity Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 106, s 107, s 108, s 109, s 109B Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1980 cl 54 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 cl 39, cl 40(1) and cl 43 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 41(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1919 s 342T Rockdale Local Environmental Plan 2000 cl 33 Rockdale Local Environmental Plan No. 10 Rockdale Planning Scheme Ordinance Ordinance No. 105 (General Interim Development Ordinance) County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Ordinance Auburn Council v Nehme (1999) 106 LGERA 19; Auburn Council v Nehme, NSWLEC, Bignold J, 19 March 1998, unreported; Australian Posters v Leichhardt Council (2000) 109 LGERA 343; Baulkham Hills Shire v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGERA 404; Daniel v Manly Municipal Council (1975) 34 LGRA 14; Dillon v Gange (1941) 64 CLR 253; Dorrestijn v South Australian Planning Commission (1984) 59 ALJR 105, 54 LGRA 99; Eaton & Sons Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1972) 129 CLR 270; House of Peace Pty Ltd v Bankstown City Council (2000) 106 LGERA 440; Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1990) 18 NSWLR 709; Jones v Sutherland Shire Council (1979) 40 LGRA 323; Jurkovic v City of Port Adelaide (1979) 41 LGRA 71; Knox County v Ninth National Bank 147 US 91 (1893); CASES CITED: Lemworth Pty Ltd v Liverpool City Council (2001) 113 LGERA 8; McLean Bros & Rigg Pty Ltd v Grice (1906) 4 CLR 835; Manicaland Pty Ltd v Strathfield Council, NSWLEC, Bignold J, 12 December 1997, unreported; Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154; North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio & Electrical Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 50; P Bartol & Associates Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council, NSWLEC, Bignold J, 26 April 1996, unreported; Perth, Shire of v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529; Salvation Army v Newcastle City Council (2000) 107 LGERA 40; South Sydney City Council v Houlakis & Anor (1996) 92 LGERA 401; Star Properties Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (2000) 111 LGERA 95; Steedman v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [No. 1] (1991) 87 LGERA 26; Steedman v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [No. 2] (1993) 31 NSWLR 562; Vaughan - Taylor v David Mitchell-Melcann Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 580; Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138; Woollahra Municipal Council v T.A.J.J. Investments Pty Ltd (1982) 49 LGRA 123 DATES OF HEARING: 03/07/2001 and 04/07/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/31/2001