NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 172 LGERA 125
Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
CITATION : MM & SW Enterprises Pty Ltd v Strathfield Council [2010] NSWLEC 8 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
APPLICANT MM & SW Enterprises Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Strathfield Council
FILE NUMBER(S) : 40044 of 2009
CORAM: Pepper J
KEY ISSUES: EXISTING USE :- development consent for "commercial offices" - premises used as brothel - brothel seeking declaration to benefit from existing use rights - whether brothel use lawful under development consent - construction of term "commercial offices" - genus test - ordinary meaning of "office" use is for clerical and/or administrative work - brothel use not lawful purpose under development consent - no existing use rights - declaration refused
Crimes Act 1990 Disorderly Houses Amendment Act 1995 Disorderly Houses Amendment (Brothels) Bill LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental and Planning Assessment Act 1979 ss 106 and 107 Strathfield Planning Scheme Ordinance 1969 Strathfield Local Environmental Plan 82 1997 Strathfield Local Environmental Plan 79 2000
Auburn Municipal Council v Szabo (1971) 67 LGRA 427 Bird v Hawkesbury City Council (2000) 106 LGERA 224 Botany Bay City Council v Parangool Ptyl Ltd [2009] NSWLEC 198 Botany Bay City Council v Workmate Abrasives Pty Ltd (2004) 138 LGERA 120 Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd v Manly Council (No 2) [2007] NSWLEC 350 Fatsel Pty Ltd v ACR Trading Pty Ltd [No 3] (1987) 64 LGRA 177 Hawkesbury City Council v Agostino [2009] NSWLEC 176 Hope v Bathurst City Council (1978) 38 LGRA 1 House of Peace Pty Ltd v Bankstown City Council (2000) 48 NSWLR 498 Hubertus Schuetzenverein Liverpool Rifle Club v Commonwealth of Australia (1994) 85 LGERA 37 Kendall Street Developments Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 227 CASES CITED: Lizzio v The Council of the Municipality of Ryde (1983) 155 CLR 211 Northern Territory Planning Authority v Murray Meats NT Pty Ltd (1983) 51 LGRA 158 Romeo v Pittwater (2006) 149 LGERA 107 Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529 Strathfield Municipal Council v Australian Centre for Languages Pty Ltd (1991) 74 LGRA 117 Sydney City Council v Ke-Su Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) (1983) 51 LGRA 186 Sydney Serviced Apartments Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council [No 2] (1993) 78 LGERA 404 T & K Berry v Wollongong Council [2008] NSWLEC 210 Vis Visitor Investment Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2010] NSWLEC 10 Walsh v Bankstown City Council (1997) 96 LGERA 62 Warlam Pty Ltd v Marrickville Council (2009) 165 LGERA 184 Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138
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