Gilbank v Bloore (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 273

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gilbank v Bloore (No 2) [2012] NSWLEC 273 Hearing dates: 7 - 9 November 2012 Decision date: 20 December 2012 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: 1. The amended summons filed on 10 August 2012 is dismissed. 2. Costs are reserved. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW - failure to consider mandatory relevant consideration - determination of development consent unreasonable, illogical or irrational - failure to accord fundamental weight to development control plan Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 79C Orange Development Control Plan 2004 Pt 7.7 Orange Local Environmental Plan 2000 (repealed) Pt 12 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 31.19(3) Cases Cited: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp [1948] 1 KB 223; [1947] 2 All ER 680 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21; (1990) 170 CLR 1 Caldera Environment Centre Inc v Tweed Shire Council [1993] NSWLEC 102 DEXUS Funds Management Ltd v Blacktown City Council [2011] NSWLEC 156 Ex parte Helena Valley/Boya Association (Inc) (1989) 2 WAR 422 Friends of King Edward Park Inc v Newcastle City Council [2012] NSWLEC 113 Gee v Council of the City of Sydney [2004] NSWLEC 581 Gilbank v Bloore [2012] NSWLEC 172 Gurnett v Macquarie Stevedoring Co Pty Ltd (1955) 55 SR NSW 243 Haughton v Minister for Planning [2011] NSWLEC 217; (2011) 185 LGERA 373 INL Group Ltd v Director-General of the New South Wales Department of Planning [2011] NSWLEC 256 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kendall Street Developments Pty Limited v Byron Shire Council [2004] NSWLEC 227 Kindimindi Investments Pty Ltd v Lane Cove Council [2006] NSWCA 23; (2006) 143 LGERA 277 King v Great Lakes Shire Council (1986) 58 LGRA 366 Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre Pty Limited v Marrickville Council [2009] NSWLEC 109 Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre Limited v Marrickville Council [2010] NSWCA 145; (2010) 174 LGERA 67 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40; (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh [1995] HCA 20; (1995) 183 CLR 273 Moolarben Coal Mines Pty Ltd v Director-General of the (former) Department of Industry and Investment NSW (Agriculture Division) [2011] NSWLEC 191 Parramatta Council v Hale (1982) 47 LGRA 319 Prasad v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1985) 6 FCR 155 Puhlhofer v Hillingdon London Borough Council [1986] AC 484 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Applicant S20/2002 [2003] HCA 30; (2003) 198 ALR 59 Rossi v Living Choice Australia Ltd (t/as Living Choice) [2012] NSWLEC 112 Schroders Australia Property Management Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council [2001] NSWCA 74 Sean Investments Pty Ltd v MacKeller (1981) 38 ALR 363 Vilro Pty Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) v Roads and Traffic Authority NSW [2010] NSWLEC 234; (2010) 179 LGERA 47 Walsh v Parramatta City Council [2007] NSWLEC 255; (2007) 161 LGERA 118 Weal v Bathurst City Council [2000] NSWCA 88; (2000) 111 LGERA 181 Zhang v Canterbury City Council [2001] NSWCA 167; (2001) 51 NSWLR 589 Texts Cited: Mark Aronson, Bruce Dyer and Matthew Groves, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 4th ed (2009) Thomson Reuters Category: Principal judgment Parties: Scott Peter Gilbank (First Applicant) Margaret Audley (Second Applicant) Robert Graham Bloore (First Respondent) Pamela Joyce Bloore (Second Respondent) Orange City Council (Third Respondent) Representation: Mr C Ireland (Applicants) Ms F Berglund (First and Second Respondents) Mr I Hemmings (Third Respondent) McPhee Kelshaw Solicitors (Applicants) Campbell Paton & Taylor (First and Second Respondents) Marsdens Law Group (Third Respondent) File Number(s): 40343 of 2012