Botany Bay City Council v Workmate Abrasives Pty Ltd & Anor (No. 2) [2003] NSWLEC 166

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CITATION : Botany Bay City Council v Workmate Abrasives Pty Ltd & Anor (No. 2) [2003] NSWLEC 166 APPLICANT Botany Bay City Council

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Workmate Abrasives Pty Ltd ACN 060 998 629

SECOND RESPONDENT Ivan Debelak and Serge Debelak FILE NUMBER(S) : 40678 of 2002 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Existing Use Rights :- approval for use - multiple consents - change of planning instruments - whether use is of same genus as the approved use - extent of applicability of genus principle Botany Local Environmental Plan 1995 Environment Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 4, s 78A, s 106, s 107, s 108, s 109B Environmental Planning Legislation Amendment Act 1995, s 2 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 41, cl 42, cl 50, Sch 1 Pt 1 Land and Environment Court Rules 1996, Pt 15 r 9(b) Local Government Act 1919, Pt XIIA, s 342U(4) Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal Amendment Act 1979, Sch 3 cl 1(1), cl 2(1), cl 7(1), cl 7(4) ACR Trading Pty Ltd and Another v Fat-Sel Pty Ltd and Another (1987) 11 NSWLR 67; Ashfield Municipal Council v Armstrong (2002) 122 LGERA 105; Auburn Council v Nehme (1999) 106 LGERA 19; Botany Bay City Council v Workmate Abrasives Pty Ltd ACN 060 998 629 & Anor [2003] NSWLEC 85; Dosan Pty Ltd v Rockdale City Council (2001) 117 LGERA 363; House of Peace Pty Ltd and Another v Bankstown City Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 498; Lederer & Ors v Sydney City Council (2001) 119 LGERA 350; CASES CITED: North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio and Electrical Pty Ltd and Others (1989) 16 NSWLR 50; Penrith Waste Services Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council (1998) 101 LGERA 98; R v City of Oakleigh; Ex parte New Gamble Brickworks Pty Ltd (1964) 9 LGRA 258; Rosenblum and Another v The Council of the City of Brisbane (1957) 98 CLR 35; Royal Agricultural of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe and Another (1964) 110 CLR 529; Sutherland Shire Council v Loney and Others (1986) 59 LGRA 376; Woollahra Municipal Council v TAJJ Investments Pty Ltd (1981-1983) 49 LGRA 123 DATES OF HEARING: 31/03/03 26/06/03 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/18/2003