Menangle Sand & Soil Pty Ltd v Wingecarribee Shire Council & Ors [2000] NSWLEC 100

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Menangle Sand & Soil Pty Ltd v Wingecarribee Shire Council & Ors [2000] NSWLEC 100 APPLICANT: Menangle Sand & Soil Pty Limited ACN 001 425 921

FIRST RESPONDENT: Wingecarribee Shire Council PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT: Sydney Catchment Authority

THIRD RESPONDENTS: Olivia Isherwood, Timothy and Carol Hyde, Sam and Susan Ballas, Julie and Christopher Stott and Elizabeth Bell

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10760 of 1999 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Costs :- discontinuance - planning and building appeal - addition of two further respondents - expansion of issues beyond those specified in the council's notice of determination - no hearing date fixed - applicant acted promptly in discontinuing - no order for costs

LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt11 r 5(1) Bryant v Lismore City Council, Talbot J, 4 July 1997, unreported; Chris Lonergan & Associates v Byron Shire Council, Pearlman J, 27 April 1998, unreported; David Crane & Associates Pty Limited vKogarah Council, Lloyd j, 10 June 1998, unreported; CASES CITED: Gilling v Hawkesbury City Council, Bignold J, 7 May 1998, unreported; Kentgreen Dural Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council, Bignold J, 7 May 1998, unreported; Manly Wharf Pty Limited v Manly Council (1997) 98 LGERA 245; Tobaquero v Campbelltown City Council [2000] Bignold J NSWLEC 68, unreported DATES OF HEARING: 31/03/00 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/20/2000