Kirela Pty Limited v Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 [2003] NSWLEC 135

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CITATION : Kirela Pty Limited v Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 [2003] NSWLEC 135 APPLICANT Kirela Pty Limited (ACN 079 721 127) PARTIES : RESPONDENT Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 FILE NUMBER(S) : 30088 of 2001 CORAM: Cowdroy J KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- compensation - highest and best use of land - land designated for a public purpose - zoning of land but for the public purpose - constraints affecting land - valuation of land - assessment of compensation. Concord Local Environmental Plan No. 100 Concord Planning Scheme Ordinance County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Ordinance Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, 51(1), s 55, s 56, s 58 LEGISLATION CITED: Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948, Pt 3A, s 2, s 22A Strathfield Development Control Plan No. 3 Strathfield Development Control Plan No. 8 Strathfield Development Control Plan No. 20 Strathfield Local Environmental Plan No. 79 Strathfield Planning Scheme Ordinance, cl 41D, cl 41E, cl 41F Commissioner of Succession Duties (South Australia) v Executor Trustee and Agency Company of South Australia Limited and Others (1947) 74 CLR 358; Corrie and Another v MacDermott [1914] AC 1056; Ervin Mahrer & Partners v Strathfield Municipal Council [2002] NSWLEC 47; Griffith City Council v Polegato and Another (1990) 20 NSWLR 696; Horn v Sunderland Corporation [1941] 2 KB 26; Housing Commission of New South Wales v Falconer and Others [1981] 1 NSWLR 547; CASES CITED: Housing Commission of New South Wales v San Sebastian Pty Ltd and Others (1978) 140 CLR 196; Overton Investments Pty Ltd v Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (2001) 113 LGERA 439; Pointe Gourde Quarrying and Transport Company Limited v Sub-Intendent of Crown Lands [1947] AC 565; The Crown v Murphy and Another (1990) 64 ALJR 593; Silverwater Estate Pty Limited v Auburn Council and Another [2001] NSWLEC 60; Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v Darling Harbour Authority (1991) 24 NSWLR 156; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 DATES OF HEARING: 19/05/2003; 20/05/2003; 21/05/2003; 22/05/2003; 23/05/2003; 26/05/2003; 27/05/2003; 28/05/2003; 29/05/2003; 30/05/2003; 02/06/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/29/2003