JCTW Savage v Newcastle City Council [2003] NSWLEC 431

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CITATION : JCTW Savage v Newcastle City Council [2003] NSWLEC 431 APPLICANT PARTIES : JCTW Savage RESPONDENT Newcastle City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : (1)0481 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Costs :- exercise of Court's discretion to award costs in Class 1 proceedings - proceedings discontinued because of amendments made to Development Control Plan - whether discontinuance reasonable in circumstances Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 69, s 79C, Land and Environmental Court Rules, pt 11 r 5 LEGISLATION CITED: State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 - Development Standards State Environmental Planning Policy No. 65 - Design Quality of Residential Flat Development Development Control Plan 40 David Crane & Associates v Kogarah Council [1998] NSWLEC 121 (10 June 1998) ; Gee v Port Stephens Council [2003] NSWLEC 260 (17 October 2003); Gormick Constructions Pty Limited v South Sydney City Council [2002] NSWLEC 130 (1 August 2002); CASES CITED: Kent Green Dural Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council (1999) 103 LGERA 219; Manly Wharf Pty Limited v Manly Council (1997) 98 LGERA 245 ; Menangle Sand and Soil Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council (2000) 108 LGERA 209 ; Nahum v North Sydney Municipal Council (1994) 83 LGERA 200; Zhang v Canterbury Council (2001) 115 LGERA 373 DATES OF HEARING: 24/11/03, 25/11/03 EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 11/25/2003