Silverwater Estate Pty Ltd v Auburn Council and Another [2001] NSWLEC 60

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Silverwater Estate Pty Ltd v Auburn Council and Another [2001] NSWLEC 60 APPLICANT: Silverwater Estate Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENTS: Auburn Council and Another FILE NUMBER(S) : 10657 of 2000 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- appeal against conditions requiring riparian buffer zones - whether designated development - ongoing effect of conditions of earlier development consent - whether SIS can be required where species declared endangered after grant of consent but prior to hearing of appeal limited to conditions - retrospective approval to fill already in place - force of an interlocutory judgment regarding alleged breach of another development consent Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 5A, s 78A, s 79C, s 80(2), s 80A, s 82, s 83, s 91A, s 91, s 96 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 cl 52A, cl 53, Sch 3 LEGISLATION CITED: Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 s 22A, s 22B, Pt 3A Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Pt 6 Div 2, Sch 2 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 39(2), s 39(6A) Allen Commercial Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1970) 20 LGRA 208; Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Byron Shire Businesses for the Future Inc v Byron Council & Anor (1994) 84 LGERA 434; CB Investments Pty Ltd v Colo Shire Council (1980) 41 LGRA 270; Connell v Armidale City Council (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 25 September 1996, unreported); Donnelly v Delta Gold Pty Ltd and Ors [2001] NSWLEC 55; Drummoyne Municipal Council v Maritime Services Board & Ors (1991) 72 LGRA 186; F Hannan Pty Ltd v Electricity Commission of New South Wales [No. 3] (1985) 66 LGRA 306; Fawcett Property Ltd v Buckingham CC [1961] AC 636; Foodbarn Pty Ltd & Ors v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; CASES CITED: Herbert v Warringah Council (1997) 98 LGERA 270; Hooper & Anor v Lucas & Ors (1990) 71 LGRA 27; John Bruce and Partners Pty Ltd v Willoughby Municipal Council (1987) 64 LGRA 67; Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1981] AC 578; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority & Anor (1990) 71 LGRA 376; Progress and Securities Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1988) 66 LGRA 236; Pyx Granite Co Ltd v Ministry of Housing and Local Government & Anor [1958] 1 QB 554; Rutland v Shoalhaven City Council (1997) 94 LGERA 370; Steelbond (Sydney) Pty Ltd v Marrickville Council (1994) 82 LGERA 192; Swadling & Anor v Sutherland Shire Council & Ors (1994) 82 LGERA 431; Water Administration Ministerial Corporation v Auburn Council & Ors [2000] NSWLEC 76; Westport Marina Developments Pty Ltd v Concord Council (2000) 109 LGERA 451 DATES OF HEARING: 5/10/2000, 6/10/2000, 9/10/2000, 10/10/2000, 11/10/2000, 18/10/2000, 30/10/2000, 31/10/2000, 1/11/2000, 2/11/2000, 3/11/2000, 14/11/2000, 13/02/2001, 26/03/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/04/2001