Byron Shire Council v Greenfields Mountain [1999] NSWCA 461

Reported Decision : 105 LGERA 445

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Byron Shire Council v Greenfields Mountain [1999] NSWCA 461 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40882/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 December 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 13 December 1999

Byron Shire Council (Appellant) PARTIES : v Greenfields Mountain Pty Limited (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Priestley JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 40101/98 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Sheahan J

COUNSEL : A: S B Austin QC, D Miller R: J Webster SOLICITORS : A: Wilshire Webb R: Halliday & Stainlay, Murwillumbah CATCHWORDS : Local Government; interpretation of Local Environmental Plan; compulsory acquisition of land; whether Council required to use its best endeavours to acquire land pursuant to Local Environmental Plan; change in zoning; whether right accrued under former zoning. Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991, s19 ACTS CITED : Local Government Act 1993, Chapter 8 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss4,34 Esber v The Commonwealth 174 CLR 430 Clarke v Bailey (1993) 30 NSWLR 556 R v Kearney; ex parte Northern Land Council 158 CLR 365 NSW Aboriginal Land Council v The Minister for Administering the Crown Lands Act (1988) 14 NSWLR 685 CASES CITED: Mathieson v Burton 124 CLR 1 Robertson v City of Nunawading (1973) VR 819 Newell v R 55 CLR 707 Director of Public Works v Ho Po Sang (1961) AC 901 Ungar v City of Malvern (1979) VR 259 Butts v O'Dwyer 87 CLR 267 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.