Rainbow Force Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 146

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Rainbow Force Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 146 APPLICANT Rainbow Force Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Baulkham Hills Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11025 of 2001 CORAM: Pain J Construction and Interpretation :- construction of State Environmental Planning Policy No 5 cl 12 KEY ISSUES: Development Application:- appeal against deemed refusal - merit considerations Baulkham Hills Local Environmental Plan LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 97 State Environmental Planning Policy No 5 cl 3, cl 9, cl 12, cl 14, cl 25 CASES CITED: Bardetta v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (Senior Commissioner Roseth, NSWLEC, 1 March 2002, unreported); Hewitt v Hurstville Council [2001] NSWLEC 294 DATES OF HEARING: 15/07/2002 - 19/07/2002, 22/07/2002 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 07/26/2002

APPLICANT Mr I Hemmings (barrister) (day 1-5) Mr C Malley (solicitor) (day 6) SOLICITORS Maclarens Solicitors LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr D Baird (solicitor) with Ms J Wauchope (solicitor) SOLICITORS PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal

JUDGMENT:

IN THE LAND AND Matter No: 11025 of 2001 ENVIRONMENT COURT Coram: Pain J OF NEW SOUTH WALES Decision date: 26 July 2002