Evans v Maclean Shire Council and Another [2003] NSWLEC 352

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CITATION : Evans v Maclean Shire Council and Another [2003] NSWLEC 352 APPLICANTS Sandra Evans Robert Evans

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Maclean Shire Council

SECOND RESPONDENT Integrated Site Design Pty Ltd (for Primrose Levi Pty Ltd) FILE NUMBER(S) : 10913 of 2003 CORAM: Talbot J Development Consent :- whether in respect of designated development KEY ISSUES: Designated Development :- whether sewerage works subservient to caravan park use Jurisdiction :- Court to determine whether designated development is a jurisdictinal fact wehre objector appeals Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 77A, s 98 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Sch 3, cl 29 LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1995 s 68 Rural Fires Act 1997 Local Government (Caravan Parks, Camping Grounds and Moveable Dwellings) Regulation 1995 cl 43, cl 45(1) State Environment Planning Policy 71 - Coastal Protection Austotel Pty Ltd and Another v Franklins Selfserve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582; Besmaw Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council and Another (2003) 127 LGERA 413; Combwood Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (1995) 86 LGERA 319 ; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission and Another (2000) 199 CLR 135 ; Foodbarn Pty Limited and Others v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Harden Bergia Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2002) 125 LGERA 273; CASES CITED: John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Police Tribunal of New South Wales and Another (1986) 5 NSWLR 465 at 476; Momentum Architects Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council (2002) 123 LGERA 207 Logan-Bald Partnership v Byron Shire Council (2002) 123 LGERA 225; National Parks and Wildlife Service and Another v Stables Perisher Pty Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 573; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority and Another (1990) 71 LGRA 376; Slack-Smith and Another v Director-General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation (2003) NSWLEC 189, unreported; Thomson Australian Holdings Proprietary Limited v The Trade Practices Commission and Others (1980-1981) 148 CLR 150 ; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL and Others (1999) 46 NSWLR 55; Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher and Another (1987-1988) 164 CLR 387 DATES OF HEARING: 15/12/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/19/2003