Plumb v Penrith City Council and Anor [2002] NSWLEC 223

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Plumb v Penrith City Council and Anor [2002] NSWLEC 223 APPLICANT Plumb PARTIES : RESPONDENTS Penrith City Council and Anor FILE NUMBER(S) : (4)0393 of 2002 CORAM: Pearlman J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- development application - educational establishment - whether species impact statement required - endangered ecological community - Cumberland Plain Woodland - jurisdictional fact - opinion evidence - whether ecological community exists on site - whether development likely to significantly affect ecological community - application of the eight part test Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4(1), s 5A, s 78A(8)(b) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 5, cl 87, cl 88 LEGISLATION CITED: National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 div 1B of pt 4 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No 30 - St Marys cl 20(1)(a), cl 37 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 s 4(1), s 6(3), s 12, s 15, pt 3 sch 1 Carstens v Pittwater Council (1999) 111 LGERA 1; Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission and Anor (1999) 199 CLR 135; CASES CITED: Helman v Byron Shire Council and Anor (1995) 87 LGERA 349; Masterbuilt Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 170; Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL (1999) 46 NSWLR 55 DATES OF HEARING: 22/10/2002; 23/10/2002; 24/10/2002 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/02/2002