Gee v Council of the City of Sydney and Ors [2004] NSWLEC 581

Reported Decision : 137 LGERA 157

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Gee v Council of the City of Sydney and Ors [2004] NSWLEC 581 APPLICANT: Elizabeth Gee PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT: Council of the City of Sydney SECOND RESPONDENT: Shauna Alexander and William Hywall Clark FILE NUMBER(S) : 40508 of 2004 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- whether all documents on the relevant council file should be regarded as being before the council in determining to grant consent - whether council properly considered if a condition precedent contained in the LEP was met - whether council gave real consideration to the provisions of its DCP - whether the council's decision that the proposal satisfied the precondition in the LEP and the requirements of the DCP was manifestly unreasonable. LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 79C South Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1998, cl 10, cl 12(1) Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223; Carltona Limited v Commissioner of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560; Centro Properties v Hurstville City Council & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 401; Clifford v Wyong Shire Council (1996) 89 LGERA 240; Cobden-Jones & Anor v Woollahra Municipal Council & Ors (2001) 118 LGERA 41 ; Currey v Sutherland Shire Council (1998) 100 LGERA 365 ; Franklins Limited v Penrith City Council & Anor [1999] NSWCA 134; CASES CITED: Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; Manly Council v Hortis (2001) 113 LGERA 321; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24; Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259; North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Limited (1995) 87 LGERA 435; Parramatta City Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGRA 319 ; Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council & Anor [2001] NSWCA 74; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 DATES OF HEARING: 19/08/2004 20/08/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/23/2004