V'landys v Land and Environment Court of NSW [2012] NSWLEC 218

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: V'landys v Land and Environment Court of NSW [2012] NSWLEC 218 Hearing dates: 11, 12, 13, 14 (written submissions) September 2012 Decision date: 03 October 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Biscoe J Decision: Summons dismissed with costs. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW - Commissioner of Court grants development consent in Class 1 merits appeal against refusal of development application (DA) for residential development - objector invokes supervisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court and claims prerogative relief in Supreme Court to quash Commissioner's decision as invalid - Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) transfers proceedings to this Court, which then has Supreme Court's jurisdiction - objector who attended and gave evidence at the Class 1 hearing alleges that conditions proposed at the hearing and later adopted by Commissioner constituted significant amendment to DA and therefore, as required by development control plan (DCP), the hearing should have been adjourned in order to notify him of them by letter containing prescribed information and giving him 14 days to make submissions - or alternatively objector alleges conditions contravened Mison principle that if a condition significantly alters the development the subject of the DA the consent is not to the DA - whether conditions constituted significant amendment to DA or significant alteration to development such as to breach cl 10.1 DCP or Mison principle - whether Commissioner had power to impose the conditions. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 ss 56, 64, 149B, 149E Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 74C, 79A, 79C, 80, 80A, 82A, 97, 97A, 97B, former 91 Evidence Act 1995 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 ss 4, 5, 17, 34, 34AA, 38, 39, 56A Supreme Court Act 1970 ss 48, 65, 69 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 55 Hunters Hill Development Control Plan No. 20 - Notification Policy cll 3.5, 5.4, 6.1, 8.1, 10.1, 13.1 Practice Note - Class 1 Residential Development Appeals Cases Cited: Addenbrooke Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 134 Annetts v McCann [1990] HCA 57, 170 CLR 596 Area Concrete Pumping Pty Ltd v Inspector Barry Childs (WorkCover) [2012] NSWCA 208 Bankstown City Council v Mohamad El Dana [2009] NSWLEC 68 Barrick Australia Ltd v Williams [2009] NSWCA 275, 74 NSWLR 733 Calardu Penrith Pty Ltd v Penrith City Council [2010] NSWLEC 50 Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission [2005] HCA 5, 199 CLR 135 Craig v The State of South Australia [1995] HCA 58, 184 CLR 163 Design Power Assocs Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2005] NSWLEC 470, 148 LGERA 233 Dive v Hunters Hill Council [2012] NSWLEC 1045 Gedeon v Commissioner of the New South Wales Crime Commission [2008] HCA 43, 236 CLR 120 Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council [2006] NSWCA 23, 143 LGERA 277 Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81, 159 CLR 550 Kirk v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1, 239 CLR 531 Lowy v The Land and Environment Court of NSW [2002] NSWCA 353, 123 LGERA 179 Mahmoud v Sutherland [2012] NSWCA 306 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40, 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30, 206 CLR 323 Mison v Randwick Municipal Council (1991) 23 NSWLR 734 Moto Projects (No 2) Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [1999] NSWLEC 280, 106 LGERA 298 Plaintiff M61/2010E v The Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 41, 243 CLR 319 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28, 194 CLR 355 Public Service Association of South Australia Inc v Industrial Relations Commission (SA) [2012] HCA 25, 86 ALJR 862 Radray Constructions Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 155, 145 LGERA 292 Spanos v Lazaris [2008] NSWCA 74 Tenacity Consulting Pty Ltd v Warringah Council [2004] NSWLEC 140, 134 LGERA 23 Tweed Business and Residents Focus Group Inc v Northern Region Joint Regional Planning Panel [2012] NSWLEC 166 Vanmeld Pty Ltd v Fairfield City Council [1999] NSWCA 6, 46 NSWLR 78 Zhang v Canterbury City Council [2001] NSWCA 167, 51 NSWLR 589 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed (1998) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Peter Nicholas V'landys (Applicant) Land and Environment Court of NSW (First Respondent) Hunters Hill Council (Second Respondent) Steven and Melanie Dive (Third Respondents) Representation: COUNSEL: Mr T S Hale SC and Mr J Kildea (Applicant) Submitting appearances (First and Second Respondents) Mr P R Clay SC and Mr M Seymour (Third Respondents) SOLICITORS: Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk (Applicant) Crown Solicitor's Office (First Respondent) HWL Ebsworth (Second Respondent) McKees Legal Solutions (Third Respondents) File Number(s): 40792/12