Jaimee Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2010] NSWLEC 245

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Jaimee Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2010] NSWLEC 245

APPLICANT Jaimee Pty Ltd PARTIES : RESPONDENT Council of the City of Sydney

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10679 of 2010

CORAM: Craig J

KEY ISSUES: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- amendment of application made under s 96(1A) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - power to allow amendment - no provision in Act or Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 relating to amendment - contrast cl 55 of Regulation concerning amendment of development application - administrative rigidity preventing amendment not intended by legislation - amendment allowed

Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 56 City of Sydney Section 94C Development Contributions Plan 2006 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 South Sydney Local Environmental Plan 1998

Ebsworth v Sutherland Shire Council [2005] NSWLEC 603 Ervin Mahrer v Strathfield Council (No 2) [2001] NSWLEC 140; (2001) 115 LGERA 259 Houssein v Under Secretary of Industrial Relations and Technology (NSW) [1982] HCA 2; (1982) 148 CLR 88 Independent Holdings Ltd v City of Adelaide Planning Commission (1994) 63 SASR 318; (1995) 85 LGERA 339 CASES CITED: Johns v Australian Securities Commission [1993] HCA 56; (1993) 178 CLR 408 McDougall v Warringah Shire Council (1993) 30 NSWLR 258 Mirvac Projects Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2007] NSWLEC 540; (2007) 159 LGERA 151 North Sydney Council v Michael Standley & Associates Pty Ltd (1998) 43 NSWLR 468 1643 Pittwater Road Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWLEC 685 Radray Constructions Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC155; (2006) 145 LGERA 292