Kang v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 150

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kang v Blue Mountains City Council [2011] NSWLEC 150 Hearing dates: 27 May 2010, 28 May 2010 Decision date: 06 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Craig J Decision: 1. Summons dismissed. 2. Applicants to pay the respondent's costs unless within seven days, a notice of motion is filed seeking to argue costs. 3. Exhibits may be returned. Catchwords: ENVIRONMENT & PLANNING - environmental planning - planning instruments - extraction of groundwater from land - whether characterised as a "home business" and permissible without consent under the Blue Mountains LEP 2005 - activity does not fall within definition - necessary for business activities to be the use of identified buildings on the land as commercial premises - limitations expressed in planning instrument directed to physical structures in which "home business" is carried out - whether orders made in earlier decision should be discharged or varied pursuant to Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r. 36.17 - activities now found to be permitted by planning law Legislation Cited: Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan No. 4 Blue Mountains Local Environmental Plan 2005 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, s 97 Environmental Planning Policy No. 30 - Intensive Agriculture Interpretation Act 1987, s 6 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, r. 36.17 Water Act 1912 Cases Cited: Ashfield Municipal Council v Armstrong [2003] NSWCA 353 Blue Mountains City Council v Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 101 CB Investments Pty Ltd v Colo Shire Council (1980) 41 LGRA 270 Chamwell Pty Ltd v Strathfield Council [2007] NSWLEC 114; (2007) 151 LGERA 400 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWCA 155; (2006) 66 NSWLR 379 Dow Jones& Company Inc v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56; (2002) 210 CLR 575 Friends of Pryor Park Inc v Ryde Council [1995] NSWLEC 160 Habib v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 231 Henderson v Henderson [1843] 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 Holidays-a-Float Pty Ltd v Hornsby Council (1992) 75 LGRA 127 Liauw v Gosford City Council [2004] NSWLEC 72 Mulcahy v Blue Mountains City Council (1993) 81 LGERA 302 Multistar Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (No. 2) ; [2000] NSWLEC 242 Newmont Yandal Operations Pty Ltd v The J Aron Corporation and The Goldman Sachs Group Inc [2007] NSWCA 195; (2007) 70 NSWLR 411 Penrith City Council v Waste Management Authority (1990) 71 LGRA 376 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45; (1981) 147 CLR 589 Rahme v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1991] NSWCA 230 Rogers v R [1994] HCA 42; (1994) 181 CLR 251 Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd v Minister for Urban Affairs and Planning (1996) 90 LGERA 1 Warlam Pty Ltd v Marrickville Council [2009] NSWLEC 23; (2009) 165 LGERA 184 Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd v Blue Mountains City Council [2006] NSWLEC 537 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jun Sik Kang (First Applicant) Waterland Blue Mountain Natural Water Pty Ltd (Second Applicant) Blue Mountains City Council (Respondent) Representation: Mr A M Pickles (First and Second Applicants) Mr I J Hemmings (Respondent) Strathfield Law Solicitors (Applicants) McPhee Kelshaw Solicitors (Respondent) File Number(s): 41008 of 2009