Lotus Project Management Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWLEC 166

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lotus Project Management Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWLEC 166 Hearing dates: 26 May, 16 July 2015 Date of orders: 27 October 2015 Decision date: 27 October 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pain J Decision: See [60] Catchwords: APPEAL – separate question of law in Class 1 proceedings – statutory construction of Pittwater Local Environmental Plan 2014 – whether maximum floor space ratio identified – whether State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 applies to subject land

APPEAL – separate question of law in Class 1 proceedings – whether provision in local environmental plan a development standard Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 4, 26(1)(b), 97 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 (NSW), cll 42, 43 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 21, 33 Pittwater Development Control Plan 21 Pittwater Local Environment Plan 1993 (repealed), cl 30C Pittwater Local Environment Plan 2014, cll 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.5A, 4.6, cl 6.1, Dictionary, Pt 4 Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006 State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, cll 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, Pt 2 Div 1 State Environmental Planning Policy No 65—Design Quality of Residential Apartment Development Cases Cited: Agostino v Penrith City Council [2010] NSWCA 20; (2010) 172 LGERA 380 Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (Northern Territory) [2009] HCA 41; (2009) 239 CLR 27 Blue Mountains City Council v Laurence Browning Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 331; (2006) 67 NSWLR 672 Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd [2012] HCA 55; 250 CLR 503 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Proprietary Limited v The Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia [1981] HCA 26; (1981) 147 CLR 297 Gill v Donald Humberstone & Co Ltd [1963] 3 All ER 180 Huang v Hurstville City Council (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 151 Huang v Hurstville City Council [2012] NSWCA 177 IW v City of Perth [1997] HCA 30; (1997) 191 CLR 1 Karimbla Constructions Services (NSW) Pty Ltd v Pittwater Council [2015] NSWLEC 83 Lowy v The Land and Environment Court of NSW [2002] NSWCA 353; (2002) 123 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; 194 CLR 355 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) 16 LGERA 319 The Council of the Municipality of North Sydney v P D Mayoh Pty Limited (1990) 71 LGRA 222 Theiss v Collector of Customs [2014] HCA 12; (2014) 250 CLR 664 Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379 Wilson Parking Australia 1992 Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2014] NSWLEC 12; (2014) 201 LGERA 232 Woollahra Municipal Council v Carr (1985) 62 LGRA 263 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Lotus Project Management Pty Ltd (Applicant) Pittwater Council (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: Mr I Hemmings SC with Ms A Hemmings (Applicant) Mr L Waterson (Respondent)