CHRISTOPHER PETER WALKER v. WARRINGAH COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 276 (5 November 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 47

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : CHRISTOPHER PETER WALKER v. WARRINGAH COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 276 (5 November 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 47 PARTIES : CHRISTOPHER PETER WALKER v. WARRINGAH COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 276 (5 November 1998) FILE NUMBER(S) : 10555 of 1998 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: :- Warringah Local Environmental Plan 1985 LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Rules Pt 31 r 2 Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 6 r 1 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v ODonnell (1990) 69 LGRA 404; Warringah Shire Council v Raffles (1978) 38 LGRA 306; CASES CITED: Foodbarn Pty Ltd v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157 at 161; Baulkham Hills Shire Council v ODonnell; Warringah Shire Council v Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd (1989) 68 LGRA 206 DATES OF HEARING: 30 October 1998 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/05/1998

P W Larkin LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: J A Ayling

JUDGMENT:

1. This is the separate determination of a preliminary question of law pursuant to the Supreme Court Rules Pt 31 r 2 (which applies to proceedings in this court by dint of the Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 6 r 1). The proceeding is an appeal under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 97 against the determination of the respondent to refuse consent to a development application for a helicopter landing site or helipad. The question is whether the proposed development is permissible with development consent in the relevant zone or is prohibited.