187 Kent Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2007] NSWLEC 382

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : 187 Kent Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2007] NSWLEC 382

APPLICANT 187 Kent Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Council of the City of Sydney

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10576 of 2006

CORAM: Jagot J

KEY ISSUES: Question of Law :- appeal (s 56A) - procedural fairness - no obligation to allow applicant to call further expert evidence - issue clearly identified - no obligation to inform parties of Commissioner's reasoning process - no evidence - ground not made out - reasons - sufficiency of reasons - appeal dismissed

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Rules 1996

187 Kent Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2007] NSWLEC 88; Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond & Ors (1990) 170 CLR 321; Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139; Campbelltown City Council v Toth (2004) 135 LGERA 336; CASES CITED: Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 ; Eastlake Golf Club Ltd v Botany Bay City Council [2007] NSWLEC 236 ; F Hoffman-La Roche & Co AG v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [1975] AC 295; Hill v Green (1999) 48 NSWLR 161; Segal & Anor v Waverley Council (2005) 64 NSWLR 177; SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Anor (2006) 231 ALR 592