Council of the City of Sydney v Lamb (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 177

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the City of Sydney v Lamb (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 177 Hearing dates: 26 July 2012 Decision date: 26 July 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Biscoe J Decision: (1) The respondents, their servants, agents and contractors are restrained from undertaking any development that requires development consent at 95 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont without first having obtained development consent therefor, including (without limitation on the generality of the foregoing) demolishing or altering the building or works comprising the remnant sandstone wall at the street frontage of 95 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont; (2) The first respondent is to pay the applicant's costs in the sum of $2,000. Catchwords: CIVIL ENFORCEMENT - carrying out work for which development consent is required without development consent. Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 76A, 121B Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2005 Schedule 9 Cases Cited: Council of the City of Sydney v Lamb [2012] NSWLEC 175 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the City of Sydney (Applicant) Graham Trevor Lamb (First Respondent) Sydney Combined Building and Maintenance Services Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: Mr A Hawkes, solicitor (Applicant) Mr G Lamb, in person (First Respondent) N/A (Second Respondent) SOLICITORS: Council of the City of Sydney (Applicant) N/A (Respondents) File Number(s): 40758/12