Cranky Rock Road Action Group Inc v Cowra Shire Council and CPC Land and Peter Grant Crampton & Brian John Pattinson [2006] NSWLEC 159

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Cranky Rock Road Action Group Inc v Cowra Shire Council and CPC Land and Peter Grant Crampton & Brian John Pattinson [2006] NSWLEC 159

APPLICANT Cranky Rock Road Action Group Inc PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Cowra Shire Council THIRD RESPONDENT Peter Grant Crampton & Brian John Pattinson

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40106 of 2005

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Costs :- whether discretion should be exercised not to award costs against unsuccessful incorporated association - whether public interest issues raised

Cowra Development Control Plan – Guidelines for Rural Development Cowra Local Environmental Plan 1990 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s78A Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, cl 50; sch 1 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s69(2)

Cranky Rock Road Action Group Inc v Cowra Shire Council and Ors [2005] NSWLEC 674; Engadine Area Traffic Action Group Inc v Sutherland Shire Council (No 2) (2004) 136 LGERA 365; Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534; CASES CITED: Oshlack v Richmond River Shire Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; Oshlack v Richmond River Shire Council (1994) 82 LGERA 236; Plumb v Penrith City Council (2003) 126 LGERA 109 ; Showground For Sydney Inc v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (1998) 105 LGERA 254; Williams v Barrick Australia [2004] NSWLEC 306