Aeropelican Air Services v Lake Macquarie City Council [2006] NSWCA 376

Reported Decision : 153 LGERA 19

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Aeropelican Air Services v Lake Macquarie City Council [2006] NSWCA 376

HEARING DATE(S): 1 November 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 20 December 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Tobias JA; McColl JA

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – local environment plan – provision for acquisition of land by Council – notice requirement – notice given but land not acquired – construction of provision – principles

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 Local Government Act 1993

Bidjara v Indigenous Land Corporation (2001) 106 FCR 203 Long v Copmanhurst (1969) 19 LGERA 19 Lubrizol Corporation Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council (1960) 6 LGERA 203 Naes v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 2 Nettheim on behalf of Actors Equity of Australia v Minister for Planning and Local Government, Court of Appeal 21 October 1988 unreported CASES CITED: NSW Aboriginal Land Council v the Minister (1988) 14 NSWLR 685 Port Stephens Council v Fidler (1997) 94 LGERA 298 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Wang v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [1995] 1 All E R 367 Re Federal Commissioner of Taxation; Ex parte Australena Investments Pty Limited (1983) 58 ALR 577 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531