Council of the City of Sydney v Waldorf Apartments Hotel Sydney Pty Limited and Anor [2008] NSWLEC 97

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Council of the City of Sydney v Waldorf Apartments Hotel Sydney Pty Limited and Anor [2008] NSWLEC 97

APPLICANT Council of the City of Sydney

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Waldorf Apartments Hotel Sydney Pty Limited

SECOND RESPONDENT Rinbac Pty Limited

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40389 of 2007

CORAM: Pain J

Development Consent :- whether 'residential flat building' includes use as serviced apartments

KEY ISSUES: Estoppel:- whether Council estopped by its conduct from exercising statutory duty

Discretion:- whether Court should exercise its discretion to make declaration of breach of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 given long delay in enforcement action

Central Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1996 City of Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2005 LEGISLATION CITED: City of Sydney Planning Scheme Ordinance 1971 County of Cumberland Planning Scheme Ordinance Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Local Government Act 1919

ACR Trading Pty Ltd v Fat-Sel Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 67 Associated Minerals Consolidated Ltd v Wyong Shire Council [1974] 2 NSWLR 681 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Barilla v James (1964) 81 WN (Pt 1) 457 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Cosmopolitan Homes No 2 Pty Ltd (1986) 61 LGRA 200 Brickworks Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1963) 108 CLR 568 Coffs Harbour City Council v Arrawarra Beach Ltd (2006) 148 LGERA 11 Coffs Harbour Shire Council v Ben Haul Industries Pty Ltd (1983) 48 LGRA 391 Commissioner of Taxation v Miller (1946) 73 CLR 93 Derisi v Vaughan [1983] 3 NSWLR 17 Derring Lane Pty Ltd v Port Phillip City Council (1999) 104 LGERA 92 Edwards v Sutherland Shire Council (2006) 146 LGERA 199 F Hannan Pty Ltd v Electricity Commission (NSW) (No 3) (1985) 66 LGRA 306 F N Eckold Pty Ltd and Ors v Auburn Municipal Council (1975) 34 LGRA 114 Hafza v Director-General of Social Security (1985) ASSC 92-052 CASES CITED: Hawkesbury City Council v Sammut (2002) 119 LGERA 171 Holidays-A-Float Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council (1992) 75 LGRA 127 Hornsby Shire Council v Vitone Developments Pty Ltd (2003) 132 LGERA 122 KJD York Management Services Pty Ltd v City of Sydney Council (2006) 148 LGERA 117 Kok Hoong v Leong Cheong Kweng Mines Ltd [1964] AC 993 Lindsay Petroleum Co v Hurd (1874) LR 5 PC 221 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Kurtovic (1990) 21 FCR 193 New South Wales Trotting Club Ltd v Municipality of Glebe (1937) 37 SR (NSW) 288 North Sydney Municipal Council v Sydney Serviced Apartments Pty Ltd & Anor (1990) 21 NSWLR 532 Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 Rowley v New South Wales Leather Trading Co Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (1980) 46 LGRA 250 Southend-on-Sea Corporation v Hodgson (Wickford) Ltd [1962] 1 QB 416 Sydney City Council v Zizza (1989) 67 LGRA 224 The Commonwealth v Verwayen [1990] HCA 39; (1990) 170 CLR 394 Trimboli v Penrith City Council (1981) 48 LGRA 323 Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335