AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES PTY LIMITED v BAULKHAM HILLS SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 31 (4 March 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 18

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES PTY LIMITED v BAULKHAM HILLS SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 31 (4 March 1998) [1998] NSWLEC 18 PARTIES : AUSTRALIAN NATIVE LANDSCAPES PTY LIMITED v BAULKHAM HILLS SHIRE COUNCIL [1998] NSWLEC 31 (4 March 1998) FILE NUMBER(S) : 10241 of 1997 CORAM: Sheahan J KEY ISSUES: :- s 56A Appeal against Assessor's dismissal of a development appeal - error of law - whether applicant was denied procedural fairness Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Land & Environment Court Act 1979 Baulkham Hills Shire Council Local Environment Plan 1991 Sydney Regional Environmental Plan No.20 - Hawkesbury- Nepean River Coles v Woollahra Municipal Council (1986) 59 LGRA 133; Brimbella Pty Ltd v Mosman Municipal Council 79 LGERA 368; Botany City Council v Remath Investments No.6 Pty Ltd (10974 of 1995, Talbot J, p.7, 12 August 1996); Randwick Municipal Council v Manousaki(1988) 66 LGRA 330; CASES CITED: Housing Commission of NSW v Tatmar Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (1983) 3 NSWLR 378; North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Ltd (1996) 93 LGERA 23 ; Housing Commission of NSW v Tatmar Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (1983) 3 NSWLR 378; Mahon v Air New Zealand [1984] 1 AC 808; Jarasius v Forestry Commission of NSW (1988) 71 LGRA 79 DATES OF HEARING: 4 and 5 December 1997 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/04/1998

Mr T S Hale Barrister LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Mr C McEwen Barrister