NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 151LGERA 158
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : GPT Re Limited v Wollongong City Council [No 2] [2006] NSWLEC 401 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
APPLICANT: GPT Re Limited
PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT: Wollongong City Council
SECOND RESPONDENT: Belmorgan Property Development Pty Limited
FILE NUMBER(S) : 41279 of 2005
CORAM: Biscoe J
KEY ISSUES: Discretion :- General discretion to refuse relief where development consent invalid – power and discretion to make an order under s 25B of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 suspending the operation of the consent and specifying terms compliance with which will validate the consent.
LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979, Part 3 Division 3
ACR Trading Pty Ltd v Fat-Sel Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 67; Association for Berowra Creek v Minister for Planning (2003) 124 LGERA 99; Associated Minerals Consolidated Ltd v Wyong Shire Council [1974] 2 NSWLR 681; Centro Properties Ltd v Warringah Council [No 2] (2003) 132 LGERA 45; Centro Properties Ltd v Hurstville City Council (2004) 135 LGERA 257; Centro Properties Ltd v Hurstville City Council [2006] NSWLEC 78; Doueihi v Canterbury City Council (2003) 133 LGERA 138; Edwards v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 128; Everall v Ku-Ring-Gai Municipal Council (1991) 72 LGRA 369; F Hannan v Electricity Commission (NSW) (1985) 66 LGRA 306; Harris Farm Markets Pty Ltd v Ashfield Fresh Pty Ltd (2002) 121 LGERA 176; CASES CITED: Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408; Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council (2006) 143 LGERA 277; Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council [2006] NSWLEC 399; Lewiac Pty Ltd v Gold Coast City Council [1993] QPLR 160; Liverpool City Council v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (1991) 74 LGRA 265; Melville v Craig Nowlan and Associates Pty Ltd (2002) 54 NSWLR 82; Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; Rowley v NSW Leather Trading Co Pty Ltd (1980) 46 LGRA 250; Somerville v Dalby (1990) 69 LGRA 422; Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335; Weal v Bathurst City Council [1999] NSWLEC 132; Woolworths Limited v Wyong Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 607
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