Anderson & Anor on behalf of Numbahjing Clan within the Bundjalung Nation v NSW Minister for Planning and Ors [2008] NSWLEC 120

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Anderson & Anor on behalf of Numbahjing Clan within the Bundjalung Nation v NSW Minister for Planning and Ors [2008] NSWLEC 120

APPLICANTS: Douglas and Susan Anderson on behalf of Numbahjing Clan within the Bundjalung Nation

FIRST RESPONDENT: NSW Minister for Planning PARTIES : SECOND RESPONDENT: S. J. Connelly P/L

THIRD RESPONDENT: North Angels Beach Development (Ballina) Pty Ltd

FILE NUMBER(S) : 41271 of 2007

CORAM: Biscoe J

Development Consent :- Judicial review - Validity of development consent for residential subdivision on land of high significance to Aboriginals - Whether invalid because of failure to readvertise and call for public submissions after earlier development consent declared void and of no effect - Whether invalid because of denial of procedural fairness - Whether invalid because consent authority did not require deeper subsurface archaeological testing for Aboriginal materials - Whether invalid because failed to give consideration to mandatory relevant matters - Whether invalid because decision manifestly unreasonable. KEY ISSUES: Civil Enforcement: - Whether breach of conditions of development consent by clearing of trees - Whether local environmental plan prohibited clearing of trees in residential 2(a) zone

Aboriginal Land Rights Regulation 2002 (NSW) sch 2 Ballina Local Environment Plan 1987 (NSW) cll 5, 9, 23, 24 Coastal Protection Act 1979 (NSW) s 4 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss 4, 5(c), 76A(7), 76A(9), 79A, 79C(1) LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980 (NSW) cl 8 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW) cl 90, Pt 6 Div 7 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007 (NSW) r 4.2 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) ss 87, 90 State Environmental Planning Policy No 71 – Coastal Protection (NSW) cll 2(1), 4(1), 7(b), 8, 10(1), 17, 18, 19, sch 2