Barotran Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWLEC 437

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Barotran Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council [2005] NSWLEC 437

APPLICANT Barotran Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Randwick City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10335 of 2005

CORAM: Bly C

KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- Backpacker accommodation - amenity impacts on neighbours and neighbourhood - car parking.

Randwick Local Environmental Plan 1998 LEGISLATION CITED: Backpacker Accommodation Development Control Plan

DATES OF HEARING: 29/07/2005 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 07/29/2005

APPLICANT Mr G Green, solicitor SOLICITORS Pike Pike & Fenwick LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr A Galasso, barrister SOLICITORS Bowen & Gerathy

JUDGMENT: THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Bly C

29 July 2005

10335 of 2005 Barotran Pty Ltd v Randwick City Council

JUDGMENT

1 This appeal relates to development application No. 18/2004, which involves the regularisation of existing backpackers' accommodation operated in premises approved as a boarding house at 171 Arden Street, Coogee.

2 The premises presently contain 44 beds, and this is to be converted to 24 beds, plus a manager's bedroom. The existing toilets, recreation, and kitchen facilities are to be retained essentially as they exist. An existing rear terrace is to be modified consistent with a condition of consent by the provision of an acoustic privacy screen. Also the front façade of the building is to be significantly improved aesthetically by the provision of new parapets, detailing to the windows, plus a new front fence and entry gate.