NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 141 LGERA 362
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Deancliff Developments v Hornsby Shire Council [2005] NSWCA 271
HEARING DATE(S): 1 August 2005
JUDGMENT DATE: 18 August 2005
JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; Brownie AJA at 55
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - Development consent - Refusal of development application for failure to comply with relevant development control plan (DCP) - Weight to be given to DCP in determining whether to grant consent - Proper construction of objectives of DCP - Whether application met objectives
Land and Environment Court Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Hornsby Shire Council Local Environmental Plan 1994 Hornsby Shire Council High Density Multi-Unit Housing Development Control Plan 1998
Australian Gaslight Co v Valuer-General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 CASES CITED: Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 Randwick Municipal Council v Manousaki (1988) 66 LGRA 330 Zhang v Canterbury Council (2001) 51 NSWLR 589
Deancliff Developments Pty Limited Hornsby Shire Council PARTIES: May Harlow Pty Limited Felix Fei Chui
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40815/04
A: M Craig QC / H Irish COUNSEL: 1R: A Galasso 2&3R: B J Preston SC / J E Robson SC
A: Baker & McKenzie, Sydney SOLICITORS: 1R: Storey & Gough, Parramatta 2&3R: Adam Darke & Co, Berowra Heights
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Land & Environment Court
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