NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 129 LGERA 311
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Archibald v Byron Shire Council [2003] NSWCA 292 HEARING DATE(S) : 21/08/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 November 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Sheller JA at 22; Beazley JA at 74 DECISION : 1. Appeal allowed with costs; 2. Declarations and orders made by Cowdroy J on 13 December 2001 be set aside; 3. In lieu thereof, an order that the proceedings be dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : LAND AND ENVIRONMENT: Continuing use - Enlargement - Intensification of use of land - 'Output' Test - Whether increase in noise constitutes 'intensification'. LEGISLATION CITED : Environmental and Planning Assessment Act 1979 Vaughan-Taylor v David Mitchell-Melcann Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 580 at 587 Moylan v Nutrasweet Company [2000] NSWCA 337 Mistral International Pty Ltd v Polstead Pty Ltd Flannery v Halifax Estate Agencies Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 377 CASES CITED : Eckersley v Binnie [1988] 18 ConLR 1 at 77-8 Norman v Gosford Shire Council (1975) 132 CLR 83 at 86 King v Lewis & Anor (1991) 74 GLRA 362 at 370 South Sydney City Council v Houlakis and Teakdale Pty Ltd (1996) 92 LGERA 401 Shire of Perth v O'Keefe (1964) 110 CLR 529 at 535 Kevin Phillip Archibald PARTIES : v Byron Shire Council FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40773 of 2002 COUNSEL : A: T Robertson R: A Galasso SOLICITORS : A: Walters Solicitors R: Wilshire Webb Solicitors
LOWER COURT Land & Environment Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT LEC 40109 of 1999 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Cowdroy J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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