Young and Anor v Gosford City Council [2001] NSWLEC 191

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Young and Anor v Gosford City Council [2001] NSWLEC 191 APPLICANTS Gary Robert Young and Michele Louise Skelton PARTIES : RESPONDENT Gosford City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10984 of 2000 CORAM: McEwen AJ KEY ISSUES: Section 56A Appeal :- error of law - failure to consider relevant matters - ultra vires - finality - procedural fairness Conveyancing Act 1919, s 88K Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 4, s 4B, s 79C, s 80, s 80(1), s 80(3), s 80A(4), s 149 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, reg 95 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, s 36(5), s 38(1), s 38(2) Local Government Act 1993, ss 45 & 46 Allen Commercial Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1970) 20 LGRA 208; Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1986) 4 NSWLR 139; Bathurst City Council v PWC Properties Pty Limited (1999) 195 CLR 566; Bluewater District Services Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (1998) 97 LGERA 389; Designlink International v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2000) 105 LGERA 299; Future Graphics Pty Ltd v Fuelpoint Pty Ltd (Young J, NSWSC Eq. D., 12 June 1990, unreported); Grace Bros Pty Ltd v Willoughby Municipal Council (1981) 44 LGRA 400, 422; Helman v Byron Shire Council and Anor (1995) 87 LGERA 349; Holcombe and Ors v Coulton and Ors (1989) 17 NSWLR 71; Jeblon Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1982) 48 LGRA 113; Lend Lease Management Pty Ltd and Anor v Sydney City Council and Ors (1989) 68 LGRA 61; Lyne and Anor v Moree Plains Shire Council (2000) 110 LGERA 120; Mareen Developments v Brisbane City Council (1972) 24 LGRA 363; Marshall and Anor v The Council of the City of Wollongong [2000] NSWSC 137, unreported; CASES CITED: Memel Holdings Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council (2000) 110 LGERA 217; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Anor v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Ors (1987) 162 CLR 24; Mison and Ors v Randwick Municipal Council (1991) 73 LGRA 349; Nancy Shetland Pty Ltd v Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (1974) 34 LGRA 151; North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Limited (1996) 185 CLR 470; Page v Parkes Shire Council (1991) 72 LGRA 97; Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 72 ALJR 841; Pyx Granite Co v The Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Anor [1958] 1 QB 554; Randwick Municipal Council v Manousaki (1988) 66 LGRA 330; Remath Investments No 6 Pty Ltd v Botany City Council (No 2) (Talbot J, NSWLEC, 11 December 1996, unreported); Scott and Ors v Wollongong City Council and Anor (1992) 75 LGRA 112; Tier Consulting Group Pty Ltd v Blue Mountains City Council (1998) 99 LGERA 31; Weal v Bathurst City Council and Anor (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Yoemans and Anor v Woollahra Municipal Council (1980) 36 LGRA 81; Zhang v Canterbury City Council [2001] NSWCA 167, unreported DATES OF HEARING: 06/08/2001, 07/08/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/20/2001