Walker Corporation Pty Limited v Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority [2004] NSWLEC 315

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Walker Corporation Pty Limited v Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority [2004] NSWLEC 315 APPLICANT Walker Corporation Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority FILE NUMBER(S) : 30024 of 2003 CORAM: Talbot J KEY ISSUES: Compulsory Acquisition of Land :- identification of steps in the resumption process - whether right to have land remediated by third party constitutes interest in land - principles for identifying existing use Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) s 253 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 51, s 55, s 68, s 107, s 108(3) Frustrated Contracts Act 1978 s 12 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 s 4, s 20, s 20(1)(b), s 54, s 55, s 56(1)(a), s 56(1)(b), s 56(2) Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Act 1998 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 s 92A(2)(d) State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability LEGISLATION CITED: Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No. 23 - Sydney and Middle Harbours State Environmental Planning Policy No. 32 - Urban Consolidation State Environmental Planning Policy No. 55 - Remediation of Land State Environmental Planning Policy No. 56 - Sydney Harbour Foreshores and Tributaries cl 14(1)(a), cl 14(1)(c) Greater Metropolitan Regional Environmental Plan No. 1 Greater Metropolitan Regional Environmental Plan No. 2 Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 20 Leichhardt Local Environmental Plan 2000 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v O'Donnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Blue Mountains City Council v Mulcahy (1998) 100 LGERA 192; Boland v Yates Property Corporation Pty Ltd (1999) 74 ALJR 209 ; Byron Environment Centre Incorporated v The Arakwal People and Others (1997) 78 FCR 1; 96 LGERA 1; Clark v Lonergan [1961] NSWR 313; Coulls v Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company Limited and Others (1966-1967) 119 CLR 460; David Jones Ltd v Lunn and Another (1969) 91 WN (NSW) 468; EJ Cooper & Son Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2003) 131 LGERA 226 De Ieso v Council of the Highways (1981) 27 SASR 248; Foodbarn Pty Limited and Others v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157; Griffith City Council v Polegato and Another (1990) 20 NSWLR 696; Hornsby Council v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (1997) 41 NSWLR 151; Housing Commission of NSW v San Sebastian Pty Ltd and Others (1978) 140 CLR 196; Kanak v Minister for Land and Water Conservation (2000) 110 LGERA 23; Leichhardt Municipal Council v Minister for Planning and Director and Planning (1992) 78 LGRA 306; McRoss Developments Pty Ltd v Caltex Petroleum Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 183, unreported; CASES CITED: Minister for Education and Training v Tanner (2003) 128 LGERA 281; Mooliang Pty Limited and Others v Shoalhaven City Council (2001) 114 LGERA 45; North Sydney Municipal Council v Boyts Radio and Electrical Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 50; O'Halloran Enterprises Pty Ltd v Williamson; Farr [1979] VR 33; Palmaco Pty Ltd v Minister Administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 [No. 3] (1991) 71 LGRA 441 ; Rees and Another v Minister for Planning and Housing (1991) 76 LGRA 167; Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales v Perry and Another (2001) 52 NSWLR 222; Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305; Shire of Perth v O'Keefe and Another (1963) 110 CLR 529; Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (1907) 5 CLR 418; The Council of the City of Parramatta v Brickworks Ltd (1972) 128 CLR 1; The Crown v Murphy and Another (1990) 71 LGRA 1; 64 ALJR 593; West and Others v Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) (1995) 88 LGERA 266; Westminster Estates Pty Ltd and Another v Calleja [1970] 1 NSWR 526; Wimpey Construction UK Ltd v The Minister (1983) 53 LGRA 75 ; Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138 DATES OF HEARING: 13/04/2004, 14/04/2004, 15/04/2004, 16/04/2004, 20/04/2004, 21/04/2004, 22/04/2004, 23/04/2004, 27/04/2004, 28/04/2004, 29/04/2004, 30/04/2004, 12/05/2004 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 07/09/2004