Hill v Woollahra Municipal Council and Another [2002] NSWLEC 69

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hill v Woollahra Municipal Council and Another [2002] NSWLEC 69 APPLICANT Richard James Hill

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Woollahra Municipal Council

SECOND RESPONDENTS Paul Robertson Espie and Roslyn Margaret Espie FILE NUMBER(S) : 40163 of 2001 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Judicial Review :- failure to take into account relevant matters - manifest unreasonableness Development Application:- whether the council's approval was manifestly unreasonable LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act s 79C, s 79C(1)(b), s 79C(1)(c), s 96 Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 cl 18 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Limited v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223; Carstens v Pittwater Council (1999) 111 LGERA 1; Mendoza v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs and Others (1991) 31 FCR 405; Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Another v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Others [1985-1986] 162 CLR 24; CASES CITED: Noroton Holdings Pty Ltd v Friends of Katoomba Falls Creek Valley Inc (1998) 98 LGERA 335; North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Ltd [No 2] 93 LGERA 23; Parramatta City Council and Another v Hale and Others (1982) 47 LGRA 319; Turner v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1981) 55 FLR 180; Weal v Bathurst City Council and Another (2000) 111 LGERA 181; Zhang v Canterbury City Council (2001) 115 LGERA 373 DATES OF HEARING: 12/03/2002, 13/03/2002, 14/03/2002, 19/03/2002 (final written submissions) DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/07/2002