Kenoss Pty Ltd v Palerang Council (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 208

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kenoss Pty Ltd v Palerang Council (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 208 Hearing dates: 4 September 2012 Decision date: 07 September 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Biscoe J Decision: Separate question answered (a) Yes, and (b) No. Catchwords: SEPARATE QUESTION - On the proper construction of cl 21(b) of the Yarrowlumla Local Environmental Plan 2002, in considering the condition precedent therein to the grant of consent for subdivision of land in Zone No 2(v) where the subdivision takes in floodplain land: (a) is the only question whether the consent authority is satisfied that the subdivision takes in floodplain land? or (b) is there a further question whether the consent authority is satisfied that that floodplain land is an unsuitable area? Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4 Yarrowlumla Local Environmental Plan 2002 cll 9, 10, 16, 21, 39, 40, Part 3 Divs 1 and 2, Part 4 Div 1 Cases Cited: Leon Fink Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Film Commission [1979] HCA 26, 141 CLR 672 Preston v Commissioner for Fair Trading [2011] NSWCA 40 Texts Cited: The Australian Oxford Dictionary (1999) Oxford University Press Category: Separate question Parties: Kenoss Pty Limited (Applicant) Palerang Council (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: Ms S Duggan SC (Applicant) Mr I Hemmings (Respondent) SOLICITORS: Gadens Lawyers (Applicant) Bradley Allen Love (Respondent) File Number(s): 10586/12