Karimbla Constructions Services (NSW) Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWLEC 83

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Karimbla Constructions Services (NSW) Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWLEC 83 Hearing dates: 1 April 2015 Decision date: 21 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pain J Decision: The answer to the question posed in paragraph 1, is the "no dwellings" specification for "Buffer area 1m" in the table to cl 6.1(3) of the Pittwater Local Environment Plan 2014 (PLEP) a "development standard" to which clause 4.6 of the PLEP applies, is no. Catchwords: QUESTION OF LAW – statutory construction of environmental planning instrument - no dwelling control in buffer area not a development standard but a prohibition Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss 4, 26, 33A, 97 Pittwater Local Environment Plan 1993 (repealed) cl 30C Pittwater Local Environmental Plan 2014 cll 1.2, 2.3, 4.5A, 4.6, 4.8, 5.4, 6.1, 7.3 Standard Instrument – Principal Local Environment Plan Cases Cited: Agostino v Penrith City Council [2010] NSWCA 20; (2010) 172 LGERA 380 Blue Mountains City Council v Laurence Browning Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 31; (2006) 67 NSWLR 672 Chamwell Pty Ltd v Strathfield Council [2007] NSWLEC 114; (2007) 152 LGERA 400 Huang v Hurstville City Council (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 151 North Sydney Municipal Council v P D Mayoh Pty Ltd [No 2] (1990) 71 LGRA 222 Lowy v Land and Environment Court of NSW [2002] NSWCA 353; (2002) 123 LGERA 179 Residents Against Improper Development Inc v Chase Property Investments Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 323; (2006) 149 LGERA 360 Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting [2001] NSWCA 270; (2001) 116 LGERA 319 Wilson Parking Australia 1992 Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2014] NSWLEC 12; (2014) 201 LGERA 232 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Karimbla Constructions Services (NSW) Pty Ltd (Applicant) Pittwater Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr F Corsaro SC with Mr J Doyle (Applicant) Mr L Waterson (Respondent)