Henry and Others v Shellharbour City Council and Others [2005] NSWLEC 378

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Henry and Others v Shellharbour City Council and Others [2005] NSWLEC 378

APPLICANTS Aaron Broad Henry Stephen Henry Roy Kennedy

FIRST RESPONDENT PARTIES : Shellharbour City Council

SECOND RESPONDENT Minister for Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources

THIRD RESPONDENT Director General of the Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40252 of 2005

CORAM: Talbot J

Development Consent :- proper construction of condition in the context of the development consent as a whole - consent to be read in a common sense way that leads to a reasonable and practical result. KEY ISSUES: Conditions of consent:- whether complied with before commencement of construction. Development consent:- whether lapsed - identification of engineering or construction work physically commenced.

LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 76A(1)(a), s 95(4), s 96

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 ; Besmaw Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2003) 127 LGERA 413 ; Green v Kogarah Municipal Council (2001) 115 LGERA 231 ; CASES CITED: Hunter Development Brokerage Pty Ltd v Cessnock City Council; Tovedale Pty Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council [2005] NSWCA 169, unreported; Iron Gates Developments Pty Limited v Richmond - Evans Environmental Society Inc (1992) 81 LGERA 132; Lesnewski v Mosman Municipal Council (2005) 138 LGERA 207 ; Timbarra Protection Coalition v Ross Mining NL (1999) 46 NSWLR 55