G & B Affairs Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1481

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: G & B Affairs Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1481 Hearing dates: 30 - 31 July, 20 August 2015 Date of orders: 24 November 2015 Decision date: 24 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pearson C Decision: 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. Development Application DA/830/2014 for residential subdivision and associated works at Lot 4 DP 740377, 30 Green Valley Road Charlestown, is refused. 3. The exhibits are returned except for exhibits A, G and 1. Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: Residential subdivision – Removal of vegetation – Impact on Squirrel Glider – Whether likely to be significant effect on threatened species or habitat – Whether Species Impact Statement required Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Roads Act 1993 Rural Fires Act 1997 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 – Development Standards Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 Cases Cited: Corowa v Geographe Point Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 121 Gales Holdings Pty Ltd v Tweed Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 212 Nambucca Valley Conservation Association v Nambucca Shire Council [2010] NWLEC 38 Newcastle & Hunter Valley Speleological Society Inc v Upper Hunter Shire Council & Anor [2010] NSWLEC 48 Timbarra Protection Coalition Inc v Ross Mining NL & Ors [1999] NSWCA 8 Texts Cited: Threatened species assessment guidelines: The assessment of significance (August 2007) Department of Environment and Climate Change