The Equator Group Pty Ltd -v- Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 441

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : The Equator Group Pty Ltd -v- Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 441 APPLICANT The Equator Group Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Baulkham Hills Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 10584 of 2004 CORAM: Hoffman C KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- demolition of 5 houses - erection of 2 blocks of 4 storey apartment above basement carpark - shadows - privacy bulk - streetscape character - traffic LEGISLATION CITED: Baulkham Hills Local Environmental Plan 1991 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 CASES CITED: Designlink International -v- Baulkham Hills S C, Sheahan J [1999] ; Modog Pty Ltd -v- Baulkham Hills S C , Pearlman CJ, [2000] DATES OF HEARING: 04/08/2004 EX TEMPORE 08/04/2004 JUDGMENT DATE :

APPLICANT Mr C Gough, solicitor SOLICITORS Storey and Gough

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Mr P Maringowitz, solicitor SOLICITORS Phillips Fox

JUDGMENT: THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Hoffman C

4 August 2004

10584 of 2004 The Equator Group Pty Ltd –v- Baulkham Hills Shire Council

JUDGMENT 1 This is a class one appeal No. 10584 of 2004 between Baulkham Hills Shire Council and The Equator Group Pty Ltd, in regard to the refusal of the proposal to demolish 5 existing houses and at Nos 1-9 Shirley Street, Carlingford, and to erect a 4 storey apartment development containing 35 mixed 1 and 2 bedroom units in two buildings with shared basement car park of 55 spaces and a ground level visitors car park for 14 cars.