Thomson J & (3) Ors v Leichhardt Municipal Council & (3) Ors [2000] NSWLEC 230

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Thomson J & (3) Ors v Leichhardt Municipal Council & (3) Ors [2000] NSWLEC 230 FIRST APPLICANT: James Evan Thomson SECOND APPLICANT: John Knowles THIRD APPLICANTS: Sarah Fisher and Charles Fisher FOURTH APPLICANTS: Danny Sampson and Monika Hauber PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT: Leichhardt Municipal Council SECOND RESPONDENT: Salvatore Panucci THIRD RESPONDENT: Roger Nader FOURTH RESPONDENT: Giorgio Lamo FILE NUMBER(S) : 40056 of 1998 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- administrative law - whether consideration of subdivision requires consideration of future development permissible without consent - errors of fact which contribute to a wrong decision - procedural fairness Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 97 LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1919 Pt XII Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan No. 20 cl 19 Coal & Allied Operations Pty Limited v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 74 ALJR 1348; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24; CASES CITED: Parramatta City Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Somerville v Dalby (1990) 69 LGRA 422; Weal v Bathurst City Council [2000] NSWCA 88 DATES OF HEARING: 16/10/2000, 17/10/2000 and 18/10/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/14/2001