Grace & Anor v Thomas Street Cafe Pty Limited & (3) Ors [2006] NSWLEC 547

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Grace & Anor v Thomas Street Cafe Pty Limited & (3) Ors [2006] NSWLEC 547

APPLICANTS: Peter Grace and Angela Pearman

FIRST RESPONDENT: Thomas Street Cafe Pty Limited ACN 115 021 335

PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT: Catherine Patricia Kortt

THIRD RESPONDENT: Primary Court Pty Limited ACN 074 632 992

FOURTH RESPONDENT: North Sydney Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 41204 of 2005

CORAM: Lloyd J

Existing Use Rights :- zoning – prohibited use – change of use – multiple uses – dominant/ancillary use – independent use – intensification of use – broad and liberal construction – abandonment of use – refreshment room

KEY ISSUES: Injunctions and Declarations: - declaratory orders

Development Consents: - validity – ambit of consent – cannot authorise use which is otherwise prohibited

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 81A(1), Pt 4 Div 10, ss 106, 107(2), 108(2) and 108(3) LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1994 cll 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 Local Government Act 1919 Pt XIIA, Div 7 North Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2001

Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Carden v Willoughby City Municipal Council (1985) 56 LGRA 366; Daniel v Manly Municipal Council (1975) 34 LGRA 14; Dorrestijn v South Australian Planning Commission (1984) 59 ALJR 105; Fabcot Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council (1997) 93 LGERA 373; Gameplan Sports and Leisure Pty Ltd v South Sydney City Council, NSWLEC, Pearlman J, 4 October 1996, unreported; Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1990) 70 LGRA 130; King v Lewis (1995) 88 LGERA 183; CASES CITED: Lane Cove Municipal Council v Lujeta Pty Ltd (1986) LGRA 157; North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio & Electrical Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 50; Parramatta City Council v Brickworks Ltd (1972) 128 CLR 1; Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529; Turnbull Group North Sydney Council (1998) 101 354; Wade v Burns (1966) 115 CLR 537; Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335; Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 28 LGRA 410