Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council and Anor [2005] NSWLEC 398

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council and Anor [2005] NSWLEC 398

Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd PARTIES : Lane Cove Council Fabcot Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40405 of 2005

CORAM: Cowdroy J

Administrative Law :- jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional error - modification of consent - whether modification of consent valid KEY ISSUES: Development consent:- challenge to validity of consent - whether consent void for uncertainty - compliance with s 80A of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act - whether Council failed to consider draft State Environmental Planning Policies - whether Council failed to consider impact of development on adjoining property - whether collegiate mind of Council was applied to decision - discretion

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 79C(1), 80(1), 80(3), 80A(4), 96(1A), 96(4) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 25B LEGISLATION CITED: Lane Cove Local Environmental Plan 1987 cl 19F(2)(a), (c), (h) State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 - Development Standards

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