WRF Property Pty Limited v Armidale Dumaresq Council and Another [2003] NSWLEC 223

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CITATION : WRF Property Pty Limited v Armidale Dumaresq Council and Another [2003] NSWLEC 223 APPLICANT WRF Property Pty Limited

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Armidale Dumaresq Council

SECOND RESPONDENT John Carr Architects FILE NUMBER(S) : 40279 of 2003 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- operation of development consent suspended until conditions satisfied - otherwise invalid for failure to take into account a relevant matter Development consent :- failure to take into account a relevant matter - suspension of the consent until conditions satisfied - otherwise invalid Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 25B Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Sch 3, cl 15 State Environmental Planning Policy No 55 - Remediation of Land Cameron v Nambucca Shire Council (1997) 95 LGERA 268; Hill v Woollahra Municipal Council & Ors [2003] NSWCA 106, unreported; CASES CITED: Mison and Others v Randwick Municipal Council (1991) 23 NSWLR 734; Remath Investments [No. 6] Pty Limited v Botany Bay City Council [No. 2] (Talbot J, NSWLEC, 11 December 1996, unreported); Weal v Bathurst City Council and Another (2000) 111 LGERA 181 DATES OF HEARING: 23/07/2003, 24/07/2003, 25/07/2003, 15/08/2003 (final submissions) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/30/2003