Rainbowforce Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 1404

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Rainbowforce Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 1404

APPLICANT Rainbowforce Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Baulkham Hills Shire Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10617 of 2008

CORAM: Bly C

KEY ISSUES: Appeal :- Deferred commencement consent, residential flat buildings, deletion of conditions, consent orders.

LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

DATES OF HEARING: 16/09/2008

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 16 September 2008

APPLICANT Ms P. Burns, solicitor of Maddocks LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES:

RESPONDENT Mr C. Winn, solicitor of Baulkham Hills Shire Council

JUDGMENT: THE LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Bly C

16 September 2008

10617 of 2008 Rainbowforce Pty Limited v Baulkham Hills Shire Council

JUDGMENT 1 On 8 April 2008, the Baulkham Hills Shire Council granted a deferred commencement consent for the construction of three apartment buildings containing 299 dwellings at 19-21 Windsor Road and 28 Campbell Street, Northmead.

2 The applicant has now appealed pursuant to s 97 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act (1979) in relation to an application to modify deferred commencement conditions A(6) and conditions B of that consent.

3 Deferred condition A(6) deals with the creation of a stormwater drainage easement over property adjoining the site of the development consent. The applicant has now acquired adjoining land that has now been incorporated into the site such that stormwater drainage can be effected without the need for an easement, hence the council now agrees that deferred commencement condition A(6) can be deleted. 4 Deferred commencement condition B stipulates a two-year timeframe within which the deferred commencement requirements are to be met. Relevantly, deferred commencement conditions 1 and 4 deal with a right of carriageway and bridge to provide access to the site across adjoining land. The applicant is presently negotiating with the adjoining land owners. Because this process is continuing and further time for this purpose is needed, the council has agreed to this requirement being extended to three years.