Olsson v Goulburn Mulwaree Council & The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989, Olsson v The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989 [2010] NSWLEC 47

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Olsson v Goulburn Mulwaree Council & The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989, Olsson v The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989 [2010] NSWLEC 47

APPLICANTS Ashley and Julie Olsson PARTIES : RESPONDENTS Goulburn Mulwaree Council & The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989 The Minister Administering The Crown Land Act 1989

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10580 and 40853 of 2009

CORAM: Craig J at 1

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- preliminary questions – whether to separately determine questions pursuant to Part 28 rule 2 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 – dangers that stem from the separate determination of questions – questions concerning land owner's consent to development application inappropriate for separate determination - potential duplication in evidence - question concerning permissibility of development appropriate for separate determination

Civil Procedure Act 2005 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act 1989 Mulwaree Shire Council Local Environmental Plan 1995 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

Allstate Explorations NL v Beaconsfield Gold NL [1999] NSWSC 832 Direct Factory Outlets Homebush Pty Ltd v Property Council of Australia Ltd [2005] FCA 1002 CASES CITED: Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council v Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act [2006] NSWLEC 57; 145 LGERA 276 Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting [2001] NSWCA 270; 116 LGERA 319 Tepko Pty Ltd v Water Board (2001) 206 CLR 1 Young v Parramatta City Council [2006] NSWLEC 116; 144 LGERA 193