Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2010] NSWLEC 64

Reported Decision : 174 LGERA 165

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2010] NSWLEC 64

APPELLANT PARTIES : Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd RESPONDENT Council of the City of Sydney

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10860 of 2009

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: APPEAL :- s 56A appeal against commissioner's decision allowing discount of credit towards s 94 contribution under development consent condition - question of law - whether failure to take into account irrelevant considerations in allowing discount from credit for workforce population - appeal dismissed

City of Sydney Development Contributions Plan 2006 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 94, s 94B, s 94EA Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 56A

Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Botany Bay City Council v Premier Customs Services Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 226 Craig v State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Heritage Real Estate Pty Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council (1990) 130 LGERA 124 McPhee v S Bennett Ltd (1934) 52 WN (NSW) 8 CASES CITED: Meriton Apartments Pty Limited v South Sydney City Council, NSWLEC, Brown C, 12 September 2001 (unreported) Meriton Apartments Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2009] NSWLEC 1336 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Another v Peko-Wallsend Limited and Others (1986) 162 CLR 24 Rose Consulting Group v Baulkham Hills Shire Council (2003) 58 NSWLR 159 Segal v Waverley Council (1995) 64 NSWLR 177 Trehy & Ingold v Gosford City Council (1995) 87 LGERA 262