DEM (Aust) Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWLEC 70

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : DEM (Aust) Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWLEC 70 APPLICANT: DEM (Aust) Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Pittwater Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11268 of 2003 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Planning Instruments :- State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability - appeal against deemed refusal of development application - aged person units - land is not land upon which development for the purpose of dwelling-houses is permitted - access to transport services Interpretation Act 1987 s 33 Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 6 r 1 LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Rules 1970 Pt 31 r 2 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability cl 4(1)(b), cl 12(1) and cl 12(2) Pittwater Local Environmental Plan 1993 Modog Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2000) 109 LGERA 443; CASES CITED: Porfiri v Ku-ring-gai Council (2003) 124 LGERA 340; Q & R Developments Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2001) 117 LGERA 438; T C Punnett and Associates Pty Ltd v Warringah Council (2001) 115 LGERA 314 DATES OF HEARING: 04/02/2004 EX TEMPORE 02/04/2004 JUDGMENT DATE :

APPLICANT: Mr J J Bingham (solicitor) SOLICITORS: Deacons LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT: Dr G A Flick SC and Ms J M Jagot (barrister) SOLICITORS: Mallesons Stephen Jaques