Planning Workshop Australia v Blacktown City Council [2001] NSWLEC 266

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Planning Workshop Australia v Blacktown City Council [2001] NSWLEC 266 revised - 13/12/2001 APPLICANT Planning Workshop Australia PARTIES : RESPONDENT Blacktown City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10767 of 2001 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980 CASES CITED: DATES OF HEARING: 19/11/01, 20/11/01 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/30/2001

APPLICANT Mr M Tobias QC with Mr A Galasso (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Mallesons Stephen Jaques LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr M McEwen (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Michael Sillar

JUDGMENT: 13 IN THE LAND AND MATTER No. 10767 of 2000 ENVIRONMENT COURT CORAM: Cowdroy J OF NEW SOUTH WALES DECISION DATE: 30/11/01

Planning Workshop Australia Applicant v Blacktown City Council Respondent JUDGMENT

1. Integral Energy ("the corporation") is a State owned corporation incorporated under the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995. Its shareholder is the New South Wales government. The corporation is the electricity supplier of Greater Western Sydney, the Illawarra and the Southern Highlands. Its predecessor was known as Prospect County Council, which was an instrumentality of the Crown. The corporation is not an instrumentality of the Crown.