Maryland Development Co Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council & Anor [2001] NSWLEC 135

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Maryland Development Co Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council & Anor [2001] NSWLEC 135 APPLICANT Maryland Development Co Pty Ltd PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Penrith City Council SECOND RESPONDENT Errol Investments Pty ltd FILE NUMBER(S) : 40190 of 2000 CORAM: Sheahan J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- development consent - characterisation of use - "general store" - jurisdictional fact - conclusion reasonably open - indemnity costs Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Local Government Act 1919 LEGISLATION CITED: Penrith Local Environmental Plan 116 Interim Development Order 26 Penrith Planning Scheme Ordinance Bentham & Anor v Kiama Municipal Council & Ors (1986) 59 LGERA 94; Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v Holroyd Municipal Council (1983) 49 LGRA 77; Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission & Anor (2000) 199 CLR 135; Donnelly v Delta Gold Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] NSWLEC 55; Fabcot Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council (1997) 93 LGERA 373; Gales Holdings Pty Ltd v Tweed Shire Council (1999) 110 LGERA 235; Hofer v Howell Developments Pty Ltd (No.2) [2001] NSWLEC 42; Hope v Council of the City of Bathurst (1980) 144 CLR 1; House of Peace Pty Ltd & Anor v Bankstown City Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 498; Hoyts Cinemas Ltd v Penrith City Council & Anor [1999] NSWLEC 187; Kentucky Fried Chicken Pty Ltd v Gantidis (1979) 140 CLR 675; CASES CITED: Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; Londish v Knox Grammar School & Ors (1997) 97 LGERA 1; Mittagong Mushrooms Pty Ltd v Narrambulla Action Group Inc & Anor (1998) 97 LGERA 333; North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio & Electrical Pty Ltd (1980) 67 LGRA 344; Penrith City Council v Horizon Pacific Ltd (40161 of 1986, Perrignon J, 17 October 1986); Power v Pentill House Pty Ltd & Ors (1993) 80 LGERA 247; Provincial Insurance Australia Pty Ltd v Consolidated Wood Products Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 541 ; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1963) 110 CLR 529; Styles v Wollondilly Shire Council (No.3) [2001] NSWLEC 133; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL & Ors (1999) 102 LGERA 52; Turnbull Group v North Sydney Council (1998) 101 LGERA 354; University of Sydney v South Sydney Council (1998) 97 LGERA 186 ; York Developments Pty Ltd v Liverpool City Council [2000] NSWLEC 174 DATES OF HEARING: 01/03/2001-02/03/2001, 14/03/2001 written submissions DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/22/2001