CODLEA PTY LTD v BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL [1999] NSWCA 399

Reported Decision : 105 LGERA 370

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : CODLEA PTY LTD v BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL [1999] NSWCA 399 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40005/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 October 1999

PARTIES : Codlea Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Stein JA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LEC 10021/98 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Talbot J

COUNSEL : P Graham QC/D P Wilson (Appellant) G K Downes QC/P C Tomasetti (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Bolster & Co (Appellant) Wilshire Webb (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : LAND AND ENVIRONMENT COURT - appeal to judge from commissioner (refusing development consent for subdivision of land) - application for leave to appeal and appeal heard concurrently, construction of clause contained in Local Environmental Plan, power of Land and Environment Court to utilise s 39(2) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 to give Council's agreement under the Local Environmental Plan Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 90(1)(a),79C(1)(a) Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 39(2),36(5),56A,57(3)(b) ACTS CITED : Land and Environment Court Rules, Pt 13 rr 14, 16 Local Government Act 1993, s 64 Water Supply Authorities Act 1987, Div 2 Pt 3, ss 25, 26, 27 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Newton (1957) 96 CLR 577 Newton v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1958) 98 CLR 1 Kogarah Municipal Council v Kent (1981) 46 LGRA 334 CASES CITED: McDougal v Warringah Shire Council (1993) 30 NSWLR 258 North Sydney Municipal Council v P D Mayoh Pty Ltd (1998) 14 NSWLR 746 Strathfield Municipal Council v Drew (1985) 1 NSWLR 338 Sydney City Council v Claude Neon Ltd (1989) 15 NSWLR 724 DECISION : Leave to appeal granted on the undertaking of the appellant to pay the filing fee; Appeal dismissed with costs