7-Eleven Stores Pty Limited v City of Sydney Council [2004] NSWLEC 154

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : 7-Eleven Stores Pty Limited v City of Sydney Council [2004] NSWLEC 154 APPLICANT: 7-Eleven Stores Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT: City of Sydney Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 41446 of 2003 CORAM: Lloyd J Development Control Plan :- validity - clause restricting location of convenience stores - permissible use under local environmental plan - clause generally conforms with local environmental plan - provision not a development standard - provision has character of a prohibition unless certain criteria are satisfied

KEY ISSUES: Development Control Plan:- validity - clause restricting location of convenience stores - council has power to make development control plan - development control plan contains more detailed provisions than contained in local environmental plan

Construction and Interpretation:- ejusdem generis rule - applicability

Competition Policy Reform Act (New South Wales) 1995 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 72, s 76A, s 76B, s 79C LEGISLATION CITED: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Pt IV Central Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1996 cl 12, cl 13, cl 14, cl 15, cl 18, cl 19, cl 20, cl 21, cl 22, cl 23, cl 24, cl 25, cl 28D(1), cl 60 and 61, Sch 1 City of Sydney Convenience Store Development Control Plan 2003 cl 1, cl 2, and cl 4 Ambercone Pty Limited v Rockdale City Council (2000) 108 LGERA 171; Dent v Hastings Council [1999] NSWLEC 9; Dixson v Wingecarribee Shire Council (1999) 103 LGERA 103; Fabcot Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council (1997) 93 LGERA 373 ; Guideline Drafting and Design v Marrickville Municipal Council (1988) 64 LGRA 275; Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission [1979] 53 ALJR 522; Leichhardt Council v Minister for Planning [No 2] (1995) 87 LGERA 78; CASES CITED: North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Ltd [No 2] (1996) 93 LGERA 23; North Sydney Municipal Council v P D Mayoh Pty Ltd [No 2] (1990) 71 LGRA 222; Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; R v Regos and Morgan (1947) 74 CLR 613; Smith v Wyong Shire Council [2003] NSWCA 322; Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) 116 LGERA 319; Warringah Shire Council v K V M Investments (1981) 45 LGRA 425; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2000) 105 LGERA 18; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 115 LGERA 373 DATES OF HEARING: 17/03/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/15/2004