Baker Kavanagh Architects Pty Limited v Waverley Council [2004] NSWLEC 662

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Baker Kavanagh Architects Pty Limited v Waverley Council [2004] NSWLEC 662 APPLICANT Baker Kavanagh Architects Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Waverley Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10967 of 2004 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Appeal - Building Application - Question of Law :- whether application permissible under local environmental plan Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979, s 4, s 81A LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980, s 4 Waverley Local Environmental Plan 1996, cl 10, cl 45, cl 50 Gill v Donald Humberstone & Co Ltd [1963] 1 WLR 929; CASES CITED: Southern Highland Properties Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 141; Wright v Hunters Hill Municipal Council [1993] NSWLEC 55 DATES OF HEARING: 10/11/2004 EX TEMPORE 11/10/2004 JUDGMENT DATE :

APPLICANT Mr J. A. Ayling SC

SOLICITORS Pike, Pike and Fenwick LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr D. Wilson (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Staunton Beattie

JUDGMENT: IN THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Cowdroy J

10 November 2004

10967 of 2004 BAKER KAVANAGH ARCHITECTS PTY LIMITED v WAVERLEY COUNCIL

Judgment 1 In these proceedings Waverley Council ("the council") nominates the following question of law relating to the construction of the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 1996 ("the LEP") for answer by the Court:- Whether on the true construction of the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 1996 ("WLEP") the development the subject of the Development Application DA 050/04 is permissible or alternatively is prohibited.