Ashfield Municipal Council v Armstrong [2002] NSWCA 269

Reported Decision : (2002) 122 LGRA 105

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Ashfield Municipal Council v Armstrong [2002] NSWCA 269 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41049/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 30/07/02, 01/O8/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 August 2002

PARTIES : Ashfield Municipal Council (Appellant) Leonard Armstrong & Christina Armstrong (Respondents) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Handley JA at 2; Davies AJA at 3

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Land & Environment Court LOWER COURT LEC 40184/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Talbot J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M G Craig QC/ J A Pickles & D Parry (Appellant) D P Wilson (Respondents) SOLICITORS : Pike Pike & Fenwick (Appellant) Wilshire Webb (Respondents) CATCHWORDS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Town Planning - whether existing use - distinction between the use of the premises and the physical attributes of the premises discussed - ambit of Council's approval discussed - whether use continuous - maxim omnia praesumuntur rite esse acta applied - presumption of continuance applied. D Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 106, 107 Local Government Act 1919, s 309(2) LEGISLATION CITED : Miscellaneous Acts (Planning) Repeal and Amendment Act 1979, Schedule 3 cl 7(1) Environmental Planning Legislation Amendment Act 1995, s 3 Local Government (Regulation of Flats) Act 1949 Local Government (Regulation of Flats) Act 1955 Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529 Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138 CASES CITED: Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales v Sydney City Council (1987) 61 LGRA 305 Felt & Textiles of Australia Pty Ltd v Sydney City Council (1954) 19 LGR 238 South Sydney City Council v M & D Cooper [1997] NSWLEC 72 North Sydney Municipal Council v Sydney Serviced Apartments Pty Ltd [1990] 21 NSWLR 532 DECISION : See paragraph 51.