Penny & Anor v Cooma-Monaro Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 51

> Reported Decision : (2003) 125 LGERA 353

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Penny & Anor v Cooma-Monaro Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 51 APPLICANTS John Henry Penny and Michelle Denise Penny PARTIES : RESPONDENT Cooma-Monaro Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10890 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J Construction and Interpretation :- meaning of "direct vehicular access" in definition of 1997 holding in Cooma-Monaro Local Environmental Plan 1999 KEY ISSUES: Development Standards : - whether cl 15(1)(a) and/or the definition of 1997 holding in the Cooma-Monaro Local Environmental Plan 1999 constitute development standards Cooma-Monaro Local Environmental Plan 1999 - (Rural), cl 15(1)(a) LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4 Roads Act 1993 State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 cl 3, cl 5, cl 6, cl 7 BP Australia Limited v Campbelltown City Council (Bignold J, NSWLEC, 24 September 1993, unreported); BP Refinery (Western Port) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire (1977) 16 ALR 363; Council of Sutherland Shire v Michael Bassett Tijuana (No 15) Pty Limited (Pearlman J, NSWLEC, 22 February 1994, unreported); Council of Sutherland Shire v Telope Pty Ltd (1993) 85 LGERA 103; Currey v Sutherland Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 195; Gary Rhodes v Penrith City Council (Talbot J, NSWLEC, 28 July 1993, unreported); CASES CITED: Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404; Kringas v Cooma-Monaro Shire Council [2000] NSWLEC 53; North Sydney Municipal Council v PD Mayoh Pty Ltd (No 2) (1990) 71 LGRA 222; Prime Group Properties Limited v Camden Council (Bannon J, NSWLEC, 14 September 1994, unreported); Project Blue Sky v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) 116 LGERA 319; Thompson v Goold & Co (1910) AC 409; Woollahra Municipal Council v Carr (1985) 62 LGRA 263 DATES OF HEARING: 03/02/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/04/2003