Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 716

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 716

APPLICANT Cranbrook School PARTIES : RESPONDENT Woollahra Municipal Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40997 of 2005

CORAM: Cowdroy J

Question of Law :- KEY ISSUES: Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - zoning permitting development of community facilities - whether development for a school constitutes a "community facility" under the LEP - whether Cranbrook is a "body of persons associated"

Companies Act 1961 s 14, s 24(1) Education Act 1990 Pt 7 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 117 Interpretation Act 1987 s 33 Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 Pt 3, Sch 1, cl 2, cl 4, cl 5, cl 6, cl 7, cl 8(4), cl 13

Attorney-General for the Northern Territory v Hand and Others (1991) 172 CLR 185 ; Baulkham Hills Council v The Australian Kafarsghab (Lebanese) Association Limited [1994] NSWLEC 86; Council of the Municipality of Randwick v Rutledge and Others (1959) 102 CLR 54 ; Dilworth and Others v The Commissioner of Stamps, Dilworth and Others v The Commissioner for Land and Income Tax [1899] AC 99 ; Friends of Pryor Park Incorporated v Ryde Council [1995] NSWLEC 160; CASES CITED: Hollow and Kaye v State Planning Authority (1980) 45 LGRA 39 ; Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; Smith v Anderson (1880) 15 Ch D 247; Storey v The Council of the Municipality of North Sydney and Another (1970) 123 CLR 574 ; Y Z Finance Company Pty Limited v Cummings (1964) 109 CLR 395