Hill v. Woollahra Municipal Council & Ors. [2003] NSWCA 106

Reported Decision : (2002) 127 LGERA 7

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Hill v. Woollahra Municipal Council & Ors. [2003] NSWCA 106 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 April 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 May 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Ipp JA at 62; Davies AJA at 63 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Building control and town planning - Consent and approval of councils - Development application - Matters for consideration - Need to address question posed by statute - Presumption of regularity - Significance of imposition of conditions. LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss.79C, 81A, 109E Carltona Ltd. v. Commissioner of Works [1943] 2 AllER 560 Guthega Development Pty. Ltd. v. Minister Administering The National Parks & Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW) (1986) 7 NSWLR 353 McLean Brothers & Rigg Ltd. v. Grice (1906) 4 CLR 835 CASES CITED : Minister for Natural Resources v. NSW Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 Morris v. Kanssen [1946] AC 459 North Sydney Council v. Ligon 302 Pty. Ltd. (1995) 87 LGERA 435 Western Stores Ltd. v. Orange City Council [1971] 2 NSWLR 36 Zhang v. Canterbury City Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 Richard James Hill - appeallant PARTIES : Woollahra Municipal Council - 1st respondent Paul Robertson Espie and Roslyn Margaret Espie - 2nd respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40446/02 Mr. B.W. Walker SC with Ms. J. Jagot for appellant COUNSEL : Mr. B.J. Preston SC with Ms. H.P. Irish for 1st respondent Submitting appearance for 2nd respondents Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Sydney for appellant SOLICITORS : Deacons, Solicitors for 1st respondent Pike Pike & Fenwick, Solicitors for 2nd respondents