HASTINGS POINT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC v TWEED SHIRE COUNCIL [2009] NSWCA 285

Appeal Outcome: Special leave dismissed with costs by the High Court, 12 March 2010 s270/2009

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: HASTINGS POINT PROGRESS ASSOCIATION INC v TWEED SHIRE COUNCIL [2009] NSWCA 285

HEARING DATE(S): 1 May 2009

JUDGMENT DATE: 11 September 2009

JUDGMENT OF: McColl JA at 1; Basten JA at 11; Young JA at 70

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – planning schemes and instruments – consistency of instruments – construction and interpretation – meaning of 'inconsistency' – Local Environmental Plan – State Environmental Planning Policy – whether permission under Policy inconsistent with prohibition under Plan – whether Policy intended to operate as exclusive code – whether Policy mandated consent when development proposal in accordance with terms of Policy - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – environment and planning – meaning of 'inconsistency' – Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), s36 - WORDS AND PHRASES – 'consent considerations' – 'cumulative impact' – 'development consent' – 'environmental planning instrument' – 'general presumption'

Constitution, s 109 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 4, 36, 37, 39, 69, 70, 78A, 79C, 80, 117; Pt 4, Divs 1, 2 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Infrastructure and Other Planning Reform) Act 2005 (NSW), Sch 2(5) State Environmental Planning Policy (Seniors Living) 2004, cll 2, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 38, 39, 53, 79; Ch 3, Pts 2-7 Tweed Local Environmental Plan 2000, cll 8, 11

CATEGORY: Principal judgment

Aboriginal Legal Service Ltd v Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (1996) 69 FCR 565 Australian Lifestyle Corporation Pty Ltd v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2008] NSWLEC 284 Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) [1961] HCA 32; 106 CLR 268 Castle Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2007] NSWCA 164; (2007) 155 LGERA 52 Coffs Harbour Environment Centre Inc v Coffs Harbour City Council (1994) 84 LGERA 324 Currey v Sutherland Shire Council (1998) 100 LGERA 365 CASES CITED: DEM (Australia) Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2004] NSWCA 434; 136 LGERA 187 Ferdinand v Commissioner for Public Employment [2006] HCA 5; 225 CLR 130 Franklins Ltd v Penrith City Council [1999] NSWCA 134 Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning v Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd (1996) 91 LGERA 31 Najask Pty Ltd v Palerang Council [2009] NSWCA 39 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; 193 CLR 72 Parramatta City Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGERA 319 Wygiren Pty Ltd v Kiama Municipal Council [2008] NSWLEC 56