Optima Developments Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2003] NSWLEC 224

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CITATION : Optima Developments Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2003] NSWLEC 224 APPLICANT Optima Developments Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Lake Macquarie City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10674 of 2003 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Question of Law :- whether use as "conference facility" is permissible as a separate use or as ancillary use - whether "conference facility" is compatible with "tourist facility". LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 1984 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Foodbarn Pty Ltd v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Friends of Pryor Park Incorporated v Ryde City Council and Sydney Montessori Society (1996) 91 LGERA 302; CASES CITED: Londish v Knox Grammar School and Others (1997) 97 LGERA 1; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Limited and Others (1985-1986) 162 CLR 24; University of Sydney v South Sydney City Council (1998) 97 LGERA 186; Warringah Shire Council v Jennings Group Ltd (1992) 75 LGRA 402 DATES OF HEARING: 02/10/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/31/2003

APPLICANT Ms H. Irish (Barrister)

SOLICITORS Pike Pike & Fenwick LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Ms S. Duggan (Barrister)