CSKS Holdings Pty Ltd v Woollahra Council [2014] NSWLEC 176

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: CSKS Holdings Pty Ltd v Woollahra Council [2014] NSWLEC 176 Hearing dates: 14 October 2014 Decision date: 04 November 2014 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Pain J Decision: 1. The Amended Summons dated 3 September 2014 is dismissed. 2. Costs reserved. 3. Exhibits to be returned. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW - order of mandamus sought requiring council to determine development application after merits appeal period lapsed - referral of tender process for lease of Crown land and granting of owner's consent to DA referred to ICAC - whether council acted unreasonably in deferring determination of DA until ICAC report handed down - whether constructive failure to determine DA Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 4, s 78A, s 79C, s 80, s 97, Pt 3A (repealed) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 cl 49, cl 109 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 20 Woollahra Local Environment Plan 1995 cl 7 Cases Cited: Duncan v Independent Commission Against Corruption [2014] NSWSC 1018; (2014) 311 ALR 750 Duncan v Ipp [2013] NSWCA 189; (2013) 304 ALR 359 John Alexander Graham v Hornsby Shire Council (Land and Environment Court (NSW), 4 March 1998, Pearlman J unreported) Mulyan Pty Ltd v Cowra Shire Council [1999] NSWLEC 212; (1999) 105 LGERA 26 Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd v Australian Competition Tribunal [2012] HCA 36; (2012) 246 CLR 379 Plaintiff S297/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 24; (2014) 309 ALR 209 Shoalhaven City Council v Lovell (1996) 136 FLR 58 Stafford Quarries Pty Ltd v Kempsey Shire Council (1992) 76 LGRA 52 Sydney City Council v Ipoh Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 300; (2006) 68 NSWLR 411 Texts Cited: Peter W Young The Law of Consent (1986, Law Book Company Limited) Category: Principal judgment Parties: CSKS Holdings Pty Ltd (Applicant) Woollahra Council (Respondent) Representation: Ms J McKelvey (Applicant) Mr J Lazarus (Respondent) Sattler & Associates Pty Ltd (Applicant) Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 40459 of 2014