Falkiner v Director-General of Planning NSW and Ors [2002] NSWLEC 159

Reported Decision : (2002) 125 LGERA 138

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Falkiner v Director-General of Planning NSW and Ors [2002] NSWLEC 159 APPLICANT Brereton Skerrett Falkiner

FIRST RESPONDENT Director-General of Planning NSW PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Yarrowlumla Shire Council

THIRD RESPONDENT Minister for Planning FILE NUMBER(S) : 40048 of 2002 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- whether Yarrowlumla Local Environmental Plan 2002 is void - power of the Director-General to impose conditions on Council during making of LEP - scope of regime under Part 3 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - whether conditions imposed by the Director-General were s 65(2) conditions under the EP&A Act - whether s 65(2) conditions can be subsequently altered - whether draft local environmental plan was submitted within the meaning of s 64 of the EP&A Act - whether s 74 applies to the repeal and replacement of LEPs - whether an environmental study under s 57 was required - whether the Director-General must make a determination as to whether an environmental study is required under s 74 - whether denial of procedural fairness - whether failure to take relevant considerations into account - whether failure to take into account relevant considerations - whether improper purpose - whether manifest unreasonableness Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 54, s 57, s 62, s 64, s 65, s 66, s 67, s 68, s 69, s 70, s 74 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 s 48(1) Yarrowlumla Local Environmental Plan 1993 Yarrowlumla Local Environmental Plan 2002 Attorney General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1; Canterbury District Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc v Canterbury Municipal Council (1991) 73 LGRA 317; Curac v Shoalhaven City Council and Anor (1993) 81 LGERA 124; Helman v Byron Shire Council (1995) 87 LGERA 349; John Brown Lenton & Co Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning & Ors (1999) 106 LGERA 150; CASES CITED: Litevale Pty Ltd v Lismore City Council (1997) 96 LGERA 91; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Bhardwaj (2002) 76 ALJR 598; Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; Sloane v The Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 37 FCR 429; Vanmeld Pty Limited v Fairfield City Council (1999) 46 NSWLR 78; WD Marketing Services Limited v G Kibble & Anor (Cripps J, NSWLEC, 1 November 1989, unreported) DATES OF HEARING: 31/05/2002, 17/06/2002, 25/07/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/26/2002