Hub Action Group Incorporated v Minister for Planning and Orange City Council [2008] NSWLEC 116

Reported Decision : (2008) 161 LGERA 136

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hub Action Group Incorporated v Minister for Planning and Orange City Council [2008] NSWLEC 116 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

APPLICANT Hub Action Group Incorporated

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Minister for Planning

SECOND RESPONDENT Orange City Council

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10112 of 2007

CORAM: Preston CJ

KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- waste disposal facility - consent not to be granted unless consent authority satisfied development will not have an adverse effect on the long term use for sustained agricultural production of prime crop and pasture land - whether so satisfied - whether likely adverse effect on beekeeping on adjacent land - proposed development dependent on a resource reprocessing facility not included as part of development application and which would require separate approval - whether development application should be approved in such circumstances - sustainability of development dependent on adoption and implementation off-site of waste minimisation strategy in two local government areas - whether able to be required by conditions of consent

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Pt 4, s 79C, s 98 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 Sch 2 Local Government Act 1919 s 541A Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 s 3

Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1977) 139 CLR 54 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Bungendore Residents Group Inc v Palerang Council & Anor (No 3) [2007] NSWLEC 251 Clifford v Wyong Shire Council (1996) 89 LGERA 240 Coffs Harbour City Council v Arrawarra Beach Pty Ltd (2006) 148 LGERA 11 Currey v Sutherland Shire Council (1998) 100 LGERA 365 Eaton & Sons Pty Ltd v Warringah Shire Council (1972) 129 CLR 270 CASES CITED: Franklins Ltd v Penrith City Council [1999] NSWCA 134 Hortis v Manly Council (1999) 104 LGERA 43 Manly Council v Hortis (2001) 113 LGERA 321 Newbury District Council v Secretary of State of the Environment [1981] AC 578 Parramatta City Council v Shell Co of Australia Ltd [1972] 2 NSWLR 632 Ryde Municipal Council v The Royal Ryde Homes (1970) 19 LGRA 321 Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council [2001] NSWCA 74 Western Australian Planning Commission v Temwood Holdings Pty Ltd (2004) 221 CLR 30 Winn v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife Service (2001) 130 LGERA 508