BGP Properties Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 399

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : BGP Properties Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 399 revised - 05/05/2005 PARTIES : BGP Properties Pty Limited (Appl) Lake Macquarie City Council (Resp) FILE NUMBER(S) : 10042 of 2003 CORAM: McClellan CJ Development Application :- Deemed refusal Industrial subdivision Ecologically sustainable development Precautionary principle KEY ISSUES: Weight to be given to the zoning of land Impacts on animals and plant communities How to construe a scientific committee's determination in relation to an ecological community Noise impacts Construction traffic Bushfire Mine Subsidence Compensation Act 1961 Rivers and Foreshore Improvement Act 1948 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 LEGISLATION CITED: Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 Water Act 1912 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) Beckwith v R (1976) 135 CLR 569; Byron Shire Council v Chrestal Pty Ltd (1983) 49 LGRA 88; Capral Aluminium v Workcover Authority of NSW (2000) 49 NSWLR 610 at [38], [41]-[47]; Carstens v Pittwater Council (1999) 111 LGERA 1; Conservation Council of South Australia v Development Assessment Committee and Tuna Boat Owners Association (No 2) [1999] SAERDC 86; Greenpeace Australia Ltd v Redbank Power Company Pty Ltd & Anor (1994) 86 LGERA 143; Hornsby Shire Council v Vitone Developments Pty Limited [2003] NSWLEC 272; Jansen v Cumberland County Council (1952) 18 LGR(NSW) 167; Kurri Kurri Pty Ltd v Scientific Committee (2003) 128 LGERA 419; Leatch v National Parks and Wildlife Service & Anor (1993) 81 LGERA 270; CASES CITED: Mathews v Foggitt Jones Ltd (1926) 37 C L R 455; Michel Projects Pty Ltd v Randwick Municpal Council (1982) 45 LGERA 410; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24; Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (No 2) 1971 28 LGRA 374; Nanhouse.Properties Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1953) 9 LGR(NSW) 163; Nicholls v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife & Ors (1994) 84 LGERA 397 Murrumbidgee Ground-Water Preservation Association v Minister for Natural Resources [2004] NSWLEC 122; R v Adams (1935) 33 CLR 563; Re Drake and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) (1979) 2 ALD 634; Sovar v Henry Lane Pty Ltd (1967) 116 CLR 397; Terrace Tower Holdings Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2003) 129 LGERA 195 ; Waugh v Kippen (1986) 160 CLR 156 at 164-165 DATES OF HEARING: 20-21 October 2003 15-23 March 2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/12/2004