Deborah Dawn Townsend v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 248

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Deborah Dawn Townsend v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 248 APPLICANT Deborah Dawn Townsend PARTIES : RESPONDENT Lake Macquarie City Council FILE NUMBER(S) : 11237 of 2003 CORAM: Brown C KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- visual impact SEPP 1 objection to lot size Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: State Environmental Planning Policy No. 1 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 1984 CASES CITED: Winten Property Group Limited v North Sydney Council (2001) NSWLEC 46; Terrace Tower Holdings Pty Limited v Sutherland Shire Council (2003) NSWCA 289 DATES OF HEARING: 13/05/04 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/27/2004

APPLICANT Mr I Hemmings, barrister SOLICITORS Harris Wheeler LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT Ms A Pearman, barrister SOLICITORS Peter Rees

JUDGMENT: IN THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

11237 of 2003

Brown C 27 May 2003 Deborah Dawn Townsend Applicant

v Lake Macquarie City Council Respondent Judgment

Introduction 1. This is an appeal against the refusal by Lake Macquarie City Council (the council) of Development Application D/2002/3772 for the erection of a new dwelling and the removal of kitchen and laundry facilities from an existing dwelling to render it a non-habitable building at 28 Chelston Street, Warners Bay (the subject site).