New South Wales Glass and Ceramic Silica Sand Users Association Ltd v Port Stephens Council [2000] NSWLEC 149

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : New South Wales Glass and Ceramic Silica Sand Users Association Ltd v Port Stephens Council [2000] NSWLEC 149 APPLICANT New South Wales Glass and Ceramic Silica Sand Users Association Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Port Stephens Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10013 of 2000 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Development :- designated development - silica sand mining - groundwater - fauna - archaeology - rehabilitation - economic effects - adequacy of the EIS - weight of draft LEP - consistency with planning objectives - weight of nature reserve proposal Draft Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 1999 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 5A, s 78A(8)(b), s 80(3), LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 cl 54, cl 55, sch 3 Hunter Regional Environmental Plan 1989 cl 21(c), cl 39, cl 42, cl 41(a), cl 44(1), cl 47, cl 59(a) Port Stephens Local Environmental Plan 1987 cl 37 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 sch 2, sch 3 ACI Operations Ltd v Port Stephens Shire Council and Ors (Bignold J, NSWLEC, 14 December 1990, unreported); CASES CITED: Golden v Coffs Harbour City Council (1991) 72 LGRA 104; Prineas v Forestry Commission of New South Wales and Ors (1984) 53 LGRA 160; Schaffer Corporation Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council (1992) 77 LGRA 21 DATES OF HEARING: 05/06/00, 06/06/00, 07/06/00, 08/06/00, 09/06/00, 13/06/00, 14/06/00, 16/06/00, 19/06/00, 20/06/00, 21/06/00, 22/06/00, 05/07/00, 07/07/00 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/15/2000