CSA Architects Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (No. 2) [2004] NSWLEC 234

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : CSA Architects Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (No. 2) [2004] NSWLEC 234 revised - 19/05/2004 APPLICANT CSA Architects Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Woollahra Municipal Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11466 of 2003 CORAM: Brown C KEY ISSUES: Costs :- Class 1 development application LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules (Amendment 8) 2003 CASES CITED: DATES OF HEARING: Written submissions by 05/04/04 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/19/2004

APPLICANT Mr D Parry, barrister SOLICITORS Woolf Associates LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr P Rigg, solicitor SOLICITORS Deacons

JUDGMENT:

IN THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

11466 of 2003

Brown C

19 May 2004 CSA Architects Pty Limited Applicant

v Woollahra Municipal Council Respondent

Judgment

Background

1 . This is an application for costs in relation to the Courts determination of DA 759/2003/1 (the application) for alterations and additions to the dwelling at 5 Victoria Street, Watsons Bay. The appeal was heard as an On Site Hearing on 29 March 2004 where it was determined that the appeal should be upheld and development consent granted subject to conditions. Notice of an application for costs was made at the hearing and the Court accepted that an order for costs may be fair and reasonable based on the evidence presented at the hearing. Directions were given for the filing and serving of written submissions.