Blacktown City Council v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [2006] NSWLEC 37

Reported Decision : 144 LGERA 265

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Blacktown City Council v Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW [2006] NSWLEC 37

APPLICANT: Blacktown City Council PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Roads and Traffic Authority

FILE NUMBER(S) : 31127 of 2004

CORAM: Bignold J

KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- strip of land acquired for road purposes—land forming part of existing public open space being classified as "community land" under the Local Government Act

LEGISLATION CITED: Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, ss 3, 20 and 56 Local Government Act 1993, s 45

Ashfield Municipal Council v Roads and Traffic Authority (2001) 117 LGERA 203; Attorney General (NSW) v Parramatta City Council (1949) 49 SR (NSW) 283; Bathurst City Council v PWC Properties Pty Ltd (1998) 195 CLR 566; Blacktown City Council v Roads and Traffic Authority (2004) NSWLEC 772; Canterbury City Council v Roads and Traffic Authority (2004) NSWLEC 172; CASES CITED: Canterbury Council v Roads and Traffic Authority (2002) NSWLEC 161; City of Brighton v Road Construction Authority (1986) VR 255; Corrie v MacDermott (1914) AC 1056; Leichhardt Council v Roads and Traffic Authority [2005] NSWLEC 86; Sydney Sailor's Home v Sydney Cove Redevelopment Authority (1977) 36 LGRA 106; The Commonwealth v Arklay (1952) 87 CLR 159