Fitzpatrick & Anor v Council of the City of Lithgow & Ors [2004] NSWLEC 109

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Fitzpatrick & Anor v Council of the City of Lithgow & Ors [2004] NSWLEC 109 APPLICANTS Ronald Damian Fitzpatrick and Catherine Judith Shead FIRST RESPONDENT Council of the City of Lithgow PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Bell River Homes Pty Limited THIRD RESPONDENT Hartley Management Pty Limited FOURTH RESPONDENTS David Roy Archibald Sandeman and Grace Emily Sandeman FILE NUMBER(S) : 41073 of 2003 CORAM: Pain J KEY ISSUES: Development Consent :- meaning of "commercial premises" - whether development consent granted for prohibited use - legitimate expectation of notification of development consent - whether consent authority failed to consider heritage impacts - whether relevant matters taken into account by the Council Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 12, s 73, s 79, s 79A, s 124 LEGISLATION CITED: Local Government Act 1993, s 12 Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980, cl 4 Lithgow Local Environmental Plan 1994 B & J Porter and Anor v Hornsby Shire Council (1989) 69 LGRA 101; Food Barn Pty Ltd v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Hawksbury City Council and Anor v Sammut (2000) 111 LGERA 208; Hillpalm Pty Ltd v Tweed Shire Council & Anor [2002] NSWLEC 17; CASES CITED: Hornsby Shire Council v Porter & Ors (1990) 70 LGRA 175 ; MLC Properties Pty Ltd v Camden Council (1997) 96 LGERA 52; Scott's Provision Stores Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1965) 11 LGRA 380; Valentina Parkes & Anor v Prem Narain Rastogi [1992] NSWLEC 108; Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335 ; Warringah Shire Council v Jennings Group Ltd (1992) 75 LGRA 402 DATES OF HEARING: 3/12/03, 4/12/03, 11/12/03 (written submissions), 15/12/03 (written submissions), 17/12/03 (written submissions) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/20/2004