ALISON COBDEN-JONES & ANOR v WOOLLAHRA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS [2002] NSWCA 382

Reported Decision : (2003) 45 ACSR 383

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : ALISON COBDEN-JONES & ANOR v WOOLLAHRA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ORS [2002] NSWCA 382 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40091/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 November 2002

First Appellant: Alison Cobden-Jones Second Appellant: Martin Jeremy Watts PARTIES : First Respondent: Woollahra Municipal Council Second Respondent: Ercole Palazzetti Pty Ltd Third Respondent: William Dunleath Blackshaw Fourth Respondent: Rhonda Lynette Blackshaw JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1, 34; Beazley JA at 32; Heydon JA at 33

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT 40052/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Sheahan J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

First and Second Appellants: B Walker SC/P Larkin/Ms L Byrne

COUNSEL : First Respondent: B J Preston SC/Ms K J Williams Second to Fourth Respondents: M Ashurst First and Second Appellants: Spiegel & Associates

SOLICITORS : First Respondent: Deacons Second to Fourth Respondents: Blackshaw Lindsay CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Application for development approval - whether Urban Design Guidelines were valid - whether amounted to erroneous construction of Local Environment Plan and Development Control Plan - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Application for development approval - challenge to Council approval - whether irrelevant consideration taken into account - where Council had made Urban Design Guidelines. LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental Planning Assessment Act 1979 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.