Gorczynski v Perera & Dee & Ors [2003] NSWLEC 6

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CITATION : Gorczynski v Perera & Dee & Ors [2003] NSWLEC 6 revised - 15/08/2003 APPLICANT Peter Francis Gorczynski

FIRST RESPONDENTS Ravini Neluka Perera and Rebecca Patrica Dee PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Annandale Services Pty Limited trading as Ray White Real Estate Annandale

THIRD RESPONDENT Leichhardt Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 40208 of 2001 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- challenge to validity - whether statutory power for grant of consent - manifest unreasonableness Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 78A, s 79C, s 121B LEGISLATION CITED: Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Building Code of Australia Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223; Australian Heritage Commission v Mount Isa Mines (1995) 60 FCR 456 ; Caledonian Colleries Ltd & Ors v The Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation [No.1] (1929) 42 CLR 358; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission & Anor (1999) 199 CLR 135; Ex parte Mullen; Re Hood (1935) 35 SR (NSW) 289; J & J O'Brien v South Sydney City Council (2002) 121 LGERA 223; CASES CITED: Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Anor v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Ors (1985-1986) 162 CLR 24 ; Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning v Rosemount Estates (1996) 91 LGERA 31; Mison v Randwick Municipal Council (1991) 23 NSWLR 734 ; Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL & Ors (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 ; Steedman v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [No. 1] [1991] 87 LGRA 26 DATES OF HEARING: 27/6/2002; 28/6/2002; 29/6/2002/; 1/7/2002; 2/7/2002; 11/11/2002; 13/11/2002; 14/11/2002; 22/11/2002; 2/12/2002; 3/12/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 02/06/2003