Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 104

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 104 APPLICANT Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Baulkham Hills Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11137 of 2003 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- telecommunications facility - appeal upheld - health impacts from electromagnetic radiation - whether court should impose higher standard than Commonwealth telecommunications regime Baulkham Hills Local Environmental Plan 1991 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 97 Local Government Act 1993 Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 LEGISLATION CITED: Radiocommunications Act 1992 (Cth) Radiocommunications (Apparatus Licence) Determination 2003 Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 1997 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Carstens v Pittwater Council (1999) 111 LGERA 1; James and Anastasia Markakis v Mosman Municipal Council [1998] NSWLEC 223 (18 September 1998); CASES CITED: Newbury District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1981] A.C. 578; [1980] All ER 731; Optus Communications Pty Limited v the Corporation of the City of Kensington and Norwood and Ors [1998] SARDC 480 (29 May 1998); R Hyett v Shire of Corangamite [1999] VCAT 794 (30 April 1999) DATES OF HEARING: 16/02/04, 17/02/04, 18/02/04, 19/02/04 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/26/2004