Broker Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2007] NSWLEC 789

Reported Decision : 163 LGERA 1

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Broker Pty Limited v Shoalhaven City Council [2007] NSWLEC 789

APPLICANT Broker Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Shoalhaven City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 40045 of 2007

CORAM: Pain J

KEY ISSUES: Construction and Interpretation :- s 94 contributions for residential subdivison - whether parts of amended s 94 contributions plan beyond power: s 94EA Environmental Planning and Assessment Act - whether consent for residential subdivison implied consent to use of land for residential purposes - whether Wednesbury unreasonableness in Council's decision to adopt amended plan

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4, s 76A, s 79C, s 81A, s85, s 85A, s 86, s 94, s 94EA, s 94EC, s 149 LEGISLATION CITED: Shoalhaven City Council Contributions Plan 1993 Shoalhaven City Council Section 94 Contributions Plan 1993 Amendment 77 (Area 5) Amendment No 2 Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan 1985

Anderson v Minister for Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources [2006] NSWLEC 725; Associated Provincial Picture houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation (1948) 1 KB 223; CASES CITED: Lesnewski v Mosman Municipal Council [2004] NSWLEC 99; McIntyre v Pittwater Council [2000] NSWLEC 160; Murrumbidgee Groundwater Preservation Association Inc v Minister for Natural Resources (2005) 138 LGERA 11; Weal v Bathurst City Council (2000) 111 LGERA 181