Vis Visitor Investment Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWLEC 39

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Vis Visitor Investment Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2008] NSWLEC 39

APPELLANT: Vis Visitor Investment Services Pty Ltd PARTIES : ACN 050 320 146

RESPONDENT: Hawkesbury City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 20642 of 2006

CORAM: Biscoe J

KEY ISSUES: Appeal :- Appeal on question of law from Commissioner - whether a development consent must be granted before an approval can be granted under s 68 of the Local Government Act 1993 - whether there is power to admit additional evidence or make findings of fact on an appeal on a question of law from a Commissioner under s 56A of Land and Environment Court Act 1979 - whether costs order should be made

Dust Diseases Tribunal Act 1989 s 32 Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 1989 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 36(5), 56A, s 57(1) LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 Pt 16 r 4(2) Local Government Act 1993 ss 68, 176 State Environmental Planning Policy No 21 – Caravan Parks Supreme Court Act 1970 s 75A(7)

CDJ v VAJ (1998) 197 CLR 172; Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502 ; C M Hairis Architects v Waverley Council [2003] NSWLEC 404 ; Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Healesville Holdings Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council (1997) 97 LGERA 95; Kendell v Carnegie (2006) 68 NSWLR 193 ; CASES CITED: Patrick Operations Pty Ltd v Comcare (2006) 68 NSWLR 131; Port Stephens Council v Sansom [2007] NSWCA 299 ; Roads and Traffic Authority v Perry (2001) 52 NSWLR 222 ; Shao v Hornsby Shire Council (2001) 116 LGERA 462; Shellharbour City Council v Stewart [2007] NSWLEC 727 ; Thaina Town (on Goulburn) Pty Ltd v City of Sydney Council [2007] NSWCA 300; Vaughan v Byron Shire Council [2002] NSWLEC 157 ; Vis Visitor Investments Services Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2007] NSWLEC 112