Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Ko-veda Holiday Park Estate Ltd [2009] NSWCA 160

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Ko-veda Holiday Park Estate Ltd [2009] NSWCA 160

HEARING DATE(S): 29 & 30 April 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 29 June 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Tobias JA at 1; Young JA at 132; Bergin CJ in Eq at 140

DECISION: See [130]

CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – Environmental planning – Development Control – Consents, approvals and permits – Conditions – Whether installation of cabins occurred in breach of conditions – Whether construction certificate issued in breach of conditions – Whether construction certificate required prior to installation of cabins – Whether accredited certifier wrongly joined in proceedings – Whether Part 3A permit issued in accordance with conditions – Whether implementation of non-approved Vegetation Management Plan on site amended conditions – Construction of development consents and conditions – Whether condition requiring particular staging of cabins installation and landscaping breached – Whether development consent can incorporate by reference unidentified supplementary information – Whether proceedings ought to be remitted to Land and Environment Court to be heard by a judge other than the primary judge – Costs

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 LEGISLATION CITED: Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 Water Management Act 2000

Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Basemount Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 189; (2003) 126 LGERA 339 Baulkham Hills Shire Council v Ko-Veda Holiday Park Estate Ltd & Anor [2008] NSWLEC 181 Cann's Proprietary Limited v The Commonwealth [1946] HCA 5; (1946) 71 CLR 210 Castle Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2007] NSWCA 164; (2007) 155 LGERA 52 CASES CITED: Corowa v Geographe Point Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 121; (2007) 154 LGERA 117 Crane v Gething [2000] FCA 45; (2005) 169 ALR 727 Denis Gelle Pty Ltd and Integrated Site Design Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Shire Council [2001] NSWLEC 229 King Gee Clothing Company Proprietary Limited v The Commonwealth [1945] HCA 23; (1945) 71 CLR 184 Ryde Municipal Council v The Royal Ryde Homes and Another (1970) 19 LGRA 321 Sankey v Whitlam [1978] HCA 43; (1978) 142 CLR 1 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd [2006] NSWCA 245 X v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority [2007] HCA 4; (2007) 226 CLR 630