Hynes Urban Planners Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2003] NSWLEC 1

> Reported Decision : (2003) 123 LGERA 312

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hynes Urban Planners Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2003] NSWLEC 1 APPLICANT Hynes Urban Planners Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Hawkesbury City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10093 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Designated Development :- whether proposed development constitutes designated development - test for designated development in light of changes to statutory scheme - test of characterisation is test to be applied - whether application is for subdivision Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4, s 77A, s 78A Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1980 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 4(1), Sch 3 Pt 1, Sch 3 Pt 1 cl 29 Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 1989 cl 8, cl 13, cl 41AA Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Bob Blakemore Pty Ltd v Anson Bay Company (Australia) Pty Ltd (Priestly, Clarke and Meagher JJA, NSWCA, 23 March 1990, unreported); Canyonleigh Environment Protection Society Inc v Wingecarribee Shire Council (1997) 95 LGERA 294; CB Investments Pty Ltd v Colo Shire Council (1980) 41 LGRA 270; CIC Insurance Limited v Bankstown Football Club Limited (1997) 187 CLR 384; CASES CITED: Foodbarn Pty Ltd v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Logan-Bald Partnership v Byron Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 185; Lyne v Moree Plains Shire Council (1999) 110 LGERA 120; Maxwell v Hornsby Council (2002) 121 LGERA 186; Momentum Architects Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 192; Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority (1990) 71 LGRA 376 DATES OF HEARING: 19/11/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 01/13/2003