Multistar Pty Limited v The Minister for Urban Affairs & Planning & Anor [No. 2] [2000] NSWLEC 242

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Multistar Pty Limited v The Minister for Urban Affairs & Planning & Anor [No. 2] [2000] NSWLEC 242 APPLICANT: Multistar Pty Limited ACN 072 013 275

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT: The Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning

SECOND RESPONDENT: Sydney City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40184 of 1999 CORAM: Lloyd J Estoppel :- issue estoppel (Anshun estoppel) - a point assumed or admitted and which formed the groundwork of or was fundamental to a previous decision though not directly the point in issue - same point cannot be raised or questioned in later proceedings - applicant's claim fails in limine

KEY ISSUES: Environmental Planning Instruments:- whether a development control plan can be given the force of a statutory rule - compliance with a development control plan can be an absolute requirement rather than a discretionary requirement

Judicial Review:- environmental planning instruments - validity of clause in a local environmental plan - whether in derogation of incorporated provisions - whether clause for that reason void - procedural fairness - delegation by council - agency Central Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1996 (Amendment No. 9) - Public Car Parking Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 23, s 34, s 62, s 65, s 66, s 67, s 68, s 69, s 70, s 72, s 106, s 107, s 108, s 109, s 117 and s 119 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 Pt 5, cl 16 LEGISLATION CITED: Fair Trading Act 1987 Inflamable Liquid Act 1915 Local Government Act 1993 s 22 and s 377(1) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Big Country Developments v Penrith City Council (1998) 98 LGERA 194; Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464; Brewer v Brewer (1953) 88 CLR 1; Cachia v Isaacs (1985) 3 NSWLR 366; Carden v Willoughby Municipal Council (1985) 56 LGERA 366; Dainford Limited v Smith (1985) 155 CLR 342; Holster v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife [1999] NSWLEC 102, unreported; Hoysted v The Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1925) 37 CLR 290; CASES CITED: Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth (1998) 195 CLR 337; McRae v Coulton (1986) 7 NSWLR 644; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1996) 162 CLR 24; Moore v Penrith City Council, Talbot J, NSWLEC, 20 July 1993, unreported; Multistar Pty Limited v Sydney City Council [1999] NSWLEC 205, unreported; Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589; Re Wakim; Ex-parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511; Rosemount Estates Pty Limited v The Minister (1996) 90 LGERA 1; Vanmeld Pty Limited v Fairfield City Council (1999) 46 NSWLR 78, 101 LGERA 297; Wright v T.I.L. Services Pty Limited [1956] 56 SR (NSW) 413 DATES OF HEARING: 09/10/2000; 10/10/2000; 11/10/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/04/2000