Wingecarribee Shire Council v Pancho Properties Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 271

Reported Decision : (2001) 117 LGERA 104

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Wingecarribee Shire Council v Pancho Properties Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 271 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40897/99; 40898/99; 40899/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 June 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 November 2001

PARTIES : Wingecarribee Shire Council - Appellant Pancho Properties Pty Ltd - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Heydon JA at 60; Young CJ in Eq at 61

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT 10072/78 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Talbot J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : B J Preston SC & S E Pritchard - Appellant I J Hemmings - Respondent SOLICITORS : B Bilinsky & Co, Bowral - Appellant Gadens - Respondent CATCHWORDS : PLANING LAW - rural property - consent to erection of replacement dwelling on condition existing dwelling be removed - replacement dwelling erected - existing dwelling not removed - whether applicant could appeal to Land and Environment Court as "dissatisfied" with the condition when it had erected the replacement dwelling - held yes - whether applicant could appeal as "dissatisfied" with the condition when the consent was granted under a provision of the LEP permitting consent to dwellings replacing existing dwellings - held yes - whether applicant's application for consent to use the existing dwelling as a manager's residence or rural worker's dwelling was contrary to law or doomed to fail because of the unfulfilled condition - held no - whether area requirement for erection of a second dwelling was a development standard - held yes. D ACR Trading Pty Ltd v Fat-sel Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 67; Auburn Council v Nehme (1999) 106 LGERA 19; Bryson Industries Ltd v Sydney City Council (1963) 8 LGERA 395; Dixson v Wingecarribee Shire Council (1999) 103 LGERA 103; Helton v Allen (1940) 63 CLR 691; Laidlaw Pty Ltd v Cleverley (1972) 25 LGRA 196; Mason Architects v North Sydney Council (1999) NSWLEC 176; Naylor v Bankstown City Council [1980] 2 NSWLR 629; CASES CITED: North Sydney Municipal Council v P D Mayoh (No 2) (1990) 71 LGA 222; Parramatta City Council v Travenol Laboratories Ltd (1978) 35 LGRA 368; Rutland v Shoalhaven City Council (1997) 94 LGERA 370; Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) NSWCA 270; Swadling v Sutherland Shire Council (1994) 82 LGERA 431; Troja v Troja (1994) 33 NSWLR 269; Warringah Shire Council v Sedevcic (1987) 10 NSWLR 335; Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138; Waters v Hurstville City Council (1991) 77 LGRA 19. DECISION : (1) appeal allowed in part; (2) Vary the answer to question (e) by the addition at its commencement of the words, "As to cl 13(4) so far as it requires that the land to which it applies have an area of not less than 40 hectares,"; (3) Appeal otherwise dismissed; (4) Appellant to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal.