Pallas Newco Pty Limited v Votraint No 1066 Pty Limited and Others [2003] NSWLEC 232

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CITATION : Pallas Newco Pty Limited v Votraint No 1066 Pty Limited and Others [2003] NSWLEC 232 APPLICANT Pallas Newco Pty Limited

FIRST RESPONDENT Votraint No 1066 Pty Limited PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Ashfield Municipal Council

THIRD RESPONDENT Woolworths Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : 40443 of 2003 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- whether prohibited use proposed is a jurisdictional fact - whether proposed use for a prohibited development subsuming a use permissible with consent or two separate uses one of which is prohibited LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4 Div 2, s 77 Ashfield Local Environmental Plan 1985 Sch 3 Australian Gaslight Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126; Chambers v Maclean Shire Council and 2 Ors [2003] NSWCA 100, unreported; Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Limited (1996) 186 CLR 389; 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; CASES CITED: Giddings v Ashfield Council [1999] NSWLEC 238, unreported; Londish v Knox Grammar School and Others (1997) 97 LGERA 1; North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio & Electrical Pty Ltd and Others (1989) 16 NSWLR 50; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe and Another (1964) 110 CLR 529; Steedman and Another v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [No 2] (1993) 31 NSWLR 562; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL and Others (1999) 46 NSWLR 55; Woollahra Municipal Council v Minister for the Environment (1991) 23 NSWLR 710 DATES OF HEARING: 29/09/2003, 30/09/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/10/2003