Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd v Blue Mountains City Council [2006] NSWLEC 537

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd v Blue Mountains City Council [2006] NSWLEC 537

APPLICANT PARTIES : Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd RESPONDENT Blue Mountains City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 11159 of 2005

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- whether amendment allowable because different development if amendment granted

LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 39(2) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 55

Ebsworth v Sutherland Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 603 ; CASES CITED: Ervin Mahrer and Partners v Strathfield Council (No 2) (2001) 115 LGERA 259 ; Liauw v Gosford City Council [2004] NSWLEC 72; Radray Constructions Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council (2006) 145 LGERA 292

DATES OF HEARING: 25/08/2006

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/28/2006

APPLICANT Mr M Baird (barrister)

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr T Cork (solicitor) SOLICITORS McPhee Kelshaw

JUDGMENT: THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Pain J

28 August 2006

11159 of 2005 Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Limited v Blue Mountains City Council

JUDGMENT 1 Her Honour: This is a Notice of Motion, dated 11 August 2006, to amend a development application the subject of a s 97 appeal as follows: That the development application, the subject of the appeal 11159 of 2005, be amended to seek development for the following: Development approval is sought for the extraction of water, on the subject site, in accordance with DNR licence number 10BL 159573 for a maximum of 0.7 megalitres per year and 2000 litres per day for a period of 4 years to expire on 27 March 2010. No bottling of water is to be undertaken on site.