Botany Bay City Council v Remath Investments No. 6 Pty Limited ACN 001 804 673 [2000] NSWCA 364

Reported Decision : (2000) 50 NSWLR 312 (2000) 111 LGERA 446

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Botany Bay City Council v Remath Investments No. 6 Pty Limited ACN 001 804 673 [2000] NSWCA 364 revised - 30/04/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40123/98; 40580/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 07/12/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2000

PARTIES : Botany Bay City Council (Appellant) Remath Investments No. 6 Pty Limited ACN 001 804 673 (Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Handley JA at 1; Stein JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 20

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT 10465/97; 10466/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Talbot J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : T.S. Hale SC / J.Clyne (Appellant) C.W. McEwen (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Houston Dearn O'Connor (Appellant) Aitken McLachlan & Thorpe (Respondent) CATCHWORDS : Development application - when "made" - Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 77 - Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation clause 11 - D Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 1997 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings and Transitional) Regulation Ace Waste Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council (1999) 1 QdR 233 Amacon Pty Ltd v Concord Municipal Council (Unreported 2 December 1987) Brisbane City Council v Mainsel Investments Pty Ltd (1989) 2 QdR 204 Byron Shire Business for the Future Inc. v Byron Council (1994) 84 LGERA 434 Crowley v Hastings Municipal Council (1982) 4 APAD 115 Fraser Island Defenders Organisation Ltd v Hervey Bay City Council (1983) 2 QdR 82 Harry's Real Estate Agency Pty Ltd v Canterbury Municipal Council (Unreported 8 July 1981) CASES CITED: Helman v Byron Shire Council (1995) 87 LGERA 349 Holiday Villages (Byron Bay) Pty Ltd v Byron Council Land and Environment Court, 40177 of 1994, unreported, 28 February 1995 King v Great Lakes Shire Council (1986) 58 LGRA 366 Reeson v Warringah Shire Council (Unreported 16 October 1990) Royal Motor Yacht Club v Sutherland Shire Council (Unreported 26 June 1987) Stafford Quarries Pty Ltd v Kempsey Shire Council (1992) 76 LGRA 52 Wharf II Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (Unreported 15 February 1991) Woolworths Ltd v Bathurst City Council (Unreported 24 September 1987) DECISION : Appeal allowed. Each party to bear its own costs of the appeal. Current remediation consent to be set aside and the remediation development application to be refused.