DEM (Australia) Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWCA 434

Reported Decision : 136 LGERA 187

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : DEM (Australia) Pty Limited v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWCA 434 HEARING DATE(S) : 31 August 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 November 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Santow JA at 4; McColl JA at 5 DECISION : (1) Grant leave to appeal (2) Subject to the filing of the Notice of Appeal in the form of the draft provided in the papers, within 14 days of the date of this judgment, appeal allowed (3) Set aside Order 1 made by Lloyd J on 4 February 2004 and in lieu thereof answer Question 1 of the Preliminary Questions of Law dated 15 December 2003 in the affirmative (4) Respondent to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act if otherwise qualified.

CATCHWORDS : ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - clause in State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 applying policy to land on which development for the purpose of dwelling-houses is permitted - whether policy applies to land on which development for the purpose of dwelling-houses is permitted under a local environmental planning instrument notwithstanding the presence of words in that instrument qualifying or limiting the circumstances in which dwelling-house development is permitted. (D) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s 25, s 33, s 36(2), s 39 Environmental Planning and Assessment Model Provisions 1980 LEGISLATION CITED : Land and Environment Court Rules 1996 (NSW) Pt 6 r 1 Pittwater Local Environment Plan cl 2, cl 6, cl 9 State Environmental Planning Policy No. 5 - Housing for Older People or People with a Disability cl 3, cl 3(2)(a), cl 4(1), cl 4(1)(a), cl 4(1)(b), cl 4(1)(b)(i), cl 5(2), cl 10 State Environmental Planning Policy (Seniors Living) 2004, cl 5(1), cl 6 Agfa-Gevaert Ltd v Collector of Customs (1994) 124 ALR 645 Boral Besser Masonry Ltd (now Boral Masonry Ltd) v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2003] HCA 5; (2003) 215 CLR 374; (2003) 77 ALJR 623 Bull v Attorney-General (NSW) [1913] HCA 60; (1913) 17 CLR 370 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd [1996] HCA 36; (1996) 186 CLR 389 Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) v Royal Insurance Australia Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 51 CASES CITED : DEM (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWLEC 70 ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 55; (2004) 60 NSWLR 18; (2004) 1 DDCR 259 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd [1998] HCA 69; (1998) 196 CLR 494 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Q & R Developments Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council [2001] NSWLEC 250; (2001) 117 LGERA 438 T C Punnett and Associates Pty Ltd v Warringah Council [2001] NSWLEC 152; (2001) 115 LGERA 314 Warringah Shire Council v T C Punnett & Associates Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 480; (2002) 122 LGERA 1 PARTIES : DEM (Australia) Pty Limited (Appellant) Pittwater Council (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40135/04 COUNSEL : Mr B J Preston SC/Mr A E Galasso (Appellant) Dr G A Flick SC/Ms J M Jagot (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Deacons Lawyers (Appellant) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Respondent)