Central West Environment Council Inc. v Orange City Council And Anor [2003] NSWLEC 131

> Reported Decision : 128 LGERA 169

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Central West Environment Council Inc. v Orange City Council And Anor [2003] NSWLEC 131 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Central West Environment Council Inc. RESPONDENT: Orange City Council And Anor FILE NUMBER(S) : 40445 of 2002 CORAM: Bignold J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- validity challenged on alternative bases that development application not accompanied by SIS (jurisdictional fact) and Consent authority in granting consent erred on "Wednesbury" grounds and that development consent was uncertain. LEGISLATION CITED: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223; Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321; Boughey v The Queen (1986) 161 CLR 10; Bruce v Cole (1998) 45 NSWLR 163; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (1999) 199 CLR 135; CASES CITED: Mahon v Air New Zealand (1984) AC 808; Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council (No 2) (2001) 50 NSWLR 665; NSW Land and Housing Corporation v Campbelltown City Council (2002) NSWLEC 18; Plumb v Penrith City Council (2002) NSWLEC 223; Reg v Hillingdon London Borough Council: Ex parte Puhlhofer (1986) AC 484; Timbarra Protection Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 102 LGERA 52; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181 DATES OF HEARING: 12-14/02/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/27/2003