IGS Enterprises Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 304

Reported Decision : 164 LGERA 424

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : IGS Enterprises Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 304

APPLICANT IGS Enterprises Pty Limited

PARTIES : FIRST RESPONDENT Hornsby Shire Council

SECOND RESPONDENT Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act

FILE NUMBER(S) : 10364 of 2008

CORAM: Lloyd J

KEY ISSUES: Development Application :- Crown land - licence to occupy land below mean high water mark - express refusal of owner's consent to a development application - licence does not constitute owner's consent - remaining merit issues - jurisdiction

Crown Lands Act 1989 s 34 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 78A LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 49 Interpretation Act 1987 s 80(1) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 20(3), 16(1A)

117 York Street Pty Ltd v Proprietors of Strata Plan No. 16123 (1998) 43 NSWLR 504 Amacon Pty Ltd v Concord Municipal Council (unreported, NSWLEC, Hemmings J, 2 December 1987) Bluewater District Services Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (1997) 97 LGERA 389 Botany Bay City Council v Remath Investments No. 6 Pty Ltd (2000) 50 NSWLR 312 Jeblon Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council (1982) 48 LGRA 113 Kirkjian v Towers (Unreported New South Wales Supreme Court, Waddell CJ in Eq, 6 July 1987) CASES CITED: Maule v Liporoni (2002) 122 LGERA 140 Mulyan Pty Ltd v Cowra Shire Council (1999) 105 LGERA 26 North Sydney Council v Ligon 302 Pty Ltd (1996) 185 CLR 470 Owners Strata Plan No. 50411 v Cameron North Sydney Investments Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 5 Rose Bay Afloat Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2003] NSWLEC 116 Sertari Pty Ltd v Nirimba Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 324 Sydney City Council v Ipoh Pty Ltd (2006) 68 NSWLR 411 Woolworths Ltd & Anor v Bathurst City Council & Anor (1987) 63 LGRA 55