Abret Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 132

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Abret Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 132

APPLICANT Abret Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Wingecarribee Shire Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40128 of 2009

CORAM: Sheahan J

KEY ISSUES: INJUNCTIONS AND DECLARATIONS :- permissibility of a seniors housing development on land zoned rural, construction of instruments and characterisation of use

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Interpretation Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Illawarra Regional Environmental Plan No.1 State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors or People with a Disability) 2004 Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 1989

Central Coast Care v Wyong Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 17; (2003) 124 LGERA 320 Chamwell Pty Ltd v Strathfield Municipal Council [2007] NSWLEC 114; (2007) 151 LGERA 400 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1981) 147 CLR 297 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council (2006) 66 NSWLR 379 Kempsey Shire Council v Tebran Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 731 CASES CITED: Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council v Geoffrey Twibill and Associates (1979) 39 LGRA 154 Lennard v Jessica Estates Pty Ltd (2008) 71 NSWLR 306 R v Young (1999) 46 NSWLR 681 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Public Transport Commission of New South Wales v J Murray-More (NSW) Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 336 Taralga Landscape Guardians Inc v Minister for Planning [2007] NSWLEC 59; (2007) 161 LGERA 1 T & K Berry v Wollongong Council [2008] NSWLEC 210