Gales Holdings Pty Limited v Tweed Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 85

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Gales Holdings Pty Limited v Tweed Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 85

APPLICANT Gales Holdings Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Tweed Shire Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10263 of 2005

CORAM: Talbot J

Development Application :- whether Species Impact Statement required - test applicable where remediation works form part of proposed development. KEY ISSUES: Species Impact Statement:- test notwithstanding planned restoration and remediation of habitat.

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s4, s 5(a)(vii), s 5A, 78A(8)(b) LEGISLATION CITED: Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 s 6(2) Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 s 4, Threatened Species Conservation Amendment Act 2002

BGP Properties Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council (2004) 138 LGERA 237; BT Goldsmith Planning Services v Blacktown City Council [2005] NSWLEC 210 ; Carstens v Pittwater Council (1999) 111 LGERA 1 ; Oshlack v Richmond River Shire Council and Iron Gates Development Pty Ltd (1993) 82 LGERA 222 ; Leatch v National Parks and Wildlife Service and Shoalhaven City Council ; CASES CITED: Masterbuilt Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 170; Murrumbidgee Ground-Water Preservation Association v Minister for Natural Resources [2004] NSWLEC 122 ; Plumb v Penrith City Council [2002] NSWLEC 223; Port Stephens Pearls Pty Limited v Minister for Infrastructure and Planning [2005] NSWLEC 426 ; Smyth v Nambucca Shire Council and Another (1999) 105 LGERA 65; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL & Others (1999) 46 NSWLR 55