Corowa v Geographe Point Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWLEC 121

Reported Decision : 154 LGERA 117

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Corowa v Geographe Point Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWLEC 121

APPLICANT Robert Corowa

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Geographe Point Pty Ltd

SECOND RESPONDENT Tweed Shire Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 41042 of 2006

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- whether development application required to be accompanied by a species impact statement - failure to consider presence of endangered ecological community on land - operation of s 101 of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - privative clause - validity of construction certificate - inconsistency with development consent - manifest unreasonableness - breach of development consent - clearing of endangered ecological community

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4A, s 4(1), s 5A, s 76A(1)(b), s 78A(8)(b), s 79C(1), s 80(12), s 81A(5), s 94, s 101, s 109C(1)(b), s 112, s 124(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 145(2) Interpretation Act 1987 s 30 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 25C National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 s 118A(2), s 118D(1) Rural Fires Act 1997 s 100B State Environmental Planning Policy No 14—Coastal Wetlands Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 s 4(1), s 12, s 24

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