Activerain Pty Limited v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 [2006] NSWLEC 708

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Activerain Pty Limited v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 [2006] NSWLEC 708

APPLICANT Activerain Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

FILE NUMBER(S) : 31407 of 2004

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- compensation - effect of public purpose on value - market value

LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991

Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd and Another (1999) 167 ALR 575 ; CASES CITED: Commissioner of Succession Duties (South Australia) v Executor Trustee and Agency Company of South Australia Limited and Others (1947) 74 CLR 358; Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v Perry and Another (2001) 52 NSWLR 222

DATES OF HEARING: 4/9/2006, 5/9/2006, 6/9/2006, 7/9/2006, 8/9/2006, 3/10/2006

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/22/2006

APPLICANT N Hemmings QC with M Carpenter SOLICITORS Allens Arthur Robinsons LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: RESPONDENT R Lancaster SOLICITORS Pike Pike & Fenwick

JUDGMENT: THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Jagot J

22 November 2006

31407 of 2004