Centro Properties Limited v Hurstville City Council & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 401

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Centro Properties Limited v Hurstville City Council & Anor [2004] NSWLEC 401 Centro Properties Limited (Appl) PARTIES : Hurstville City Council (1R) Dimitrios Tsagias and Giannoula Tsagias (2R) FILE NUMBER(S) : 40227 of 2004 CORAM: McClellan CJ Development Consent :- Validity Cinema and retail complex Whether failure to take into consideration a relevant matter KEY ISSUES: Carltona principle Presumption of regularity Council officer's report Failure to take into consideration a clause of a development control plan Satisfaction of a condition precedent in a local environmental plan LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) Australian Postal Corporation v Botany Municipal Council (1989) 69 LGRA 86; Bushell v Environment Secretary [1981] AC 75; Carltona Ltd v Commissioner of Works [1943] 2 All ER 560; Centro Properties Ltd v Warringah Council (No 2) 2003 133 LGERA 45; Codlea v Byron Shire Council (1999) 105 LGERA 370; Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Cure & Deeley Ltd [1962] 1 QB 340 ; Currey v Sutherland Shire Council (1998) 100 LGERA 365; Ex parte Forster; Re University of Sydney [1963] SR (NSW) 723; Franklins Limited v Penrith City Council [1999] NSWCA 134; Glowpace Pty Ltd v South Sydney City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 84; Hill v Woollahra Municipal Council (2003) 127 LGERA 7; In R v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Ex parte Doody [1993] QB 157; CASES CITED: Khan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1987) 14 ALD 291 ; Local Government Board v Arlidge [1915] AC 120; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 ; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611.; Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154; Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning v Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd (1996) 91 LGERA 31;; Morris v Kanssen [1946] AC 459; O'Reilly v Commissioners of State Bank of Victoria (1983) 153 CLR 1; Paramanantham v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1998) 94 FCR 28; Parramatta City Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Selby v Pennings (1998) 102 LGERA 253; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 DATES OF HEARING: 15 June 2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/12/2004