Cranbrook School v Woollahra Council [2006] NSWCA 155

Reported Decision : 146 LGERA 313 66 NSWLR 379

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Cranbrook School v Woollahra Council [2006] NSWCA 155

HEARING DATE(S): 30 March 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 19 June 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; McColl JA at 7; Basten JA at 73

DECISION: (1) Appeal allowed; (2) Set aside the Judgment and Orders (other than Order 2) of the Land and Environment Court dated 14 December 2005; (3) Declare that the development proposed in Development Application No. 508/2005/1 lodged by the appellant with the respondent on 16 August 2005 seeking development consent for the erection of school buildings and associated facilities on the land contained in Folio Identifiers 6/17607, 2/317149, 1/1033645 and 2/1033645 to be used for the purpose of the School conducted by the appellant is development permissible with consent under the provisions of the Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 being development that constitutes a "community facility" within the meaning of that Plan; (4) Respondent to pay the costs of the appeal.(D)

CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - local environment plan - whether proposed development a "community facility" within meaning of Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - function of definition clauses - WORDS AND PHRASES - community facility".

Crimes Act 1900 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Interpretation Act 1987 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Registered Clubs Act 1976 Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995

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