Marina Bay Developments Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2006] NSWLEC 531

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Marina Bay Developments Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2006] NSWLEC 531

APPLICANT: PARTIES : Marina Bay Developments Pty Limited RESPONDENT: Pittwater Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10147 of 2006

CORAM: Watts C at 1

Deemed Refusal - Development Application :- Character and built form KEY ISSUES: Excavation Privacy and Cumulative impact

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss79C and 97 Pittwater Local Environmental Plan 1993, (PLEP) Draft Pittwater 21 Local Environmental Plan, (DPLEP) LEGISLATION CITED: State Environmental Planning Policy - (Seniors Living) 2004, (SEPP-SL) Seniors Living Policy - Urban Design Guidelines for Infill Development, (SL Guidelines) Pittwater 21 Development Control Plan, (DCP21) State Environmental Planning Policy 71 - Coastal Protection, (SEPP71)

GPC No 5 (Wombarra) Pty Ltd v Wollongong City Council [2003] NSWLEC 268; Hewitt v Hurstville Council (2001) NSWLEC 294 (21 December 2001); CASES CITED: Hooker Corporation Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council NSWLEC, 2 June 1986; Tenacity v Warringah Council [2004] NSWLEC 140; Winten Property Group Limited v North Sydney Council (2001) NSWLEC 46

DATES OF HEARING: 15/08/2006 and 16/08/2006

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/25/2006

APPLICANT: Mr P R Clay, barrister instructed by Mr M A Staunton, solicitor SOLICITORS: LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Staunton Beattie RESPONDENT: Mr J E Robson, SC, with Mr A M Pickles, barrister, instructed by Ms D J Townsend, solicitor SOLICITORS: Mallesons Stephen Jaques