Gales Holdings Pty Ltd v Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and Anor. [2005] NSWLEC 617

Set aside by Appeal : [2006] NSWCA 388 - appeal allowed

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Gales Holdings Pty Ltd v Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and Anor. [2005] NSWLEC 617 CITATION : This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

APPLICANT: Gales Holdings Pty Ltd

PARTIES : RESPONDENTS: Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and Anor.

FILE NUMBER(S) : 41326 of 2004

CORAM: Bignold J

KEY ISSUES: Injunctions and Declarations :- challenge to validity of LEP Amendment—Alleged failure to consider relevant materials—alleged unreasonabless of Council's decisions.

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 57 LEGISLATION CITED: 65 66 69 and 70

Burns Philip Trustee Co v Wollongong City Council (1983) 49 LGRA 420; El Cheikh v Hurstville City Council (2002) 121 LGERA 293; Litevale Pty Ltd v Lismore City Council (1997) 96 LGERA 91; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; CASES CITED: Murrumbidgee Groundwater Preservation Association Inc v Minister for Natural Resources [2005] NSWCA 10; Prasad v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1985) 65 ALR 549; Prineas v Forestry Commission of NSW (1984) 53 LGRA 160; Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223 · Smith v Wyong Council (2003) 132 LGERA 148; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181