J & J O'Brien Pty Limited v South Sydney City Council [2002] NSWLEC 126

Reported Decision : 121 LGERA 205

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : J & J O'Brien Pty Limited v South Sydney City Council [2002] NSWLEC 126 APPLICANT J & J O'Brien Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT South Sydney City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 0182 of 2002 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- whether a draft report is a relevant matter Practice and Procedure :- order in the nature of mandamus against a council as consent authority Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 80(3), s 97, s 124 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 20(2)(b), s 56A Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979 Sch 3, cl 2 Avon Downs Proprietary Limited v The Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1949) 78 CLR 353; Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Land Commission of New South Wales (1985) 55 LGRA 337; Bongers v Hawkesbury Shire Council (reported as Byron Shire Council)(1999) 105 LGERA 274; John Alexander Graham v Hornsby Shire Council (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 4 March 1998, unreported; King v Great Lakes Shire Council and Another (1986) 58 LGRA 366; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Another v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Others (1985-1986) 162 CLR 24; CASES CITED: Mison and Others v Randwick Municipal Council (1991) 73 LGERA 349; Parramatta City Council and Another v Hale and Others (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Prasad v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1985) 6 FCR 155,; Randall v The Council of the Town of Northcote (1910) 11 CLR 100; Remath Investments (No. 6) Pty Limited v Botany Bay Council (No. 2) (Talbot J, NSWLEC, 11 December 1996, unreported) ; Tooth and Company Limited and Another v The Council of the City of Parramatta (1955) 97 CLR 492; Weal v Bathurst City Council and Another (2000) 111 LGERA 181 DATES OF HEARING: 15/07/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/25/2002