MCC Energy Pty Limited v Wyong Shire Council & Ors [2006] NSWLEC 581

Reported Decision : (2006) 149 LGERA 59

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : MCC Energy Pty Limited v Wyong Shire Council & Ors [2006] NSWLEC 581

APPLICANT MCC Energy Pty Limited

FIRST RESPONDENT Wyong Shire Council PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT Scott James Ford

THIRD RESPONDENT Lorraine Gayle Ford

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40083 of 2006

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- Development consent - whether manifestly unreasonable - absence or inadequacy of statement of environmental effects - no requirement for expert assistance to assess view impacts and other matters - relevant considerations - breaches of development control plan

Development Control Plan No. 70 – Notification of Development Proposals Development Control Plan No. 99 – Building Lines LEGISLATION CITED: Development Control Plan No. 100 – Quality Housing Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 78A, s 79C, s 80(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 50, cl 51, cl 54, cl 246, cl 247, cl 255 Wyong Local Environmental Plan 1991

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223; Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1; Calleja v Botany Bay City Council (2005) 142 LGERA 104; Country Energy v Williams (2005) 141 LGERA 426; Cranky Rock Road Action Group Inc v Cowra Shire Council and Others (2005) 143 LGERA 356; Guthega Development Pty Ltd v Minister Administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act (NSW) 1974 (1986) 7 NSWLR 353; Hill v Woollahra Municipal Council and Others (2003) 127 LGERA 7; Hortis v Manly Council and Another (1999) 104 LGERA 43; Jungar Holdings Pty Ltd v Eurobodalla Shire Council and Dublee Holdings Pty Ltd (1989) 70 LGRA 79; Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council and Another (2006) 143 LGERA 277; Manly Council v Hortis and Another (2001) 113 LGERA 321; MCC Energy Pty Ltd v Wyong Shire Council and Others (2004) 132 LGERA 267; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Another v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Others (1986) 162 CLR 24; Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang and Others (1996) 185 CLR 259; Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Singh (2002) 209 CLR 533; CASES CITED: Minister for Local Government and Another v South Sydney City Council (2002) 55 NSWLR 381; North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Ltd [No 2] (1996) 93 LGERA 23; Parramatta City Council and Another v Hale and Others (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Project Blue Sky Inc and Others v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; Pyramid Pacific Pty Limited v Ku-ring-gai Council [2006] NSWLEC 522; R v Hillingdon London Borough Council; ex parte Puhlhofer [1986] AC 484; Save Our Street Incorporated v Settree [2006] NSWLEC 570; Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council and Another (1999) 110 LGERA 130; Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council and Anor [2001] NSWCA 74; Segal and Another v Waverley Council (2005) 64 NSWLR 177; Somerville v Dalby and Others (1990) 69 LGRA 422; Telstra Corporation Ltd and Another v Hurstville City Council and Others (2002) 118 FCR 198; Tenacity Consulting v Warringah Council [2004] NSWLEC 140; The Council of the City of Parramatta v Pestell (1972) 128 CLR 305; Weal v Bathurst City Council and Another (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Wyong Shire Council v MCC Energy Pty Ltd (2005) 139 LGERA 296; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589