Hornsby Shire Council v Trives (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 190

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hornsby Shire Council v Trives (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 190 Hearing dates: 30 November 2015, 1 and 2 December 2015 (written submissions) Date of orders: 04 December 2015 Decision date: 04 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 4 Before: Biscoe J Decision: The complying development certificates are invalid: see [98] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT CONSENT – whether complying development certificates issued by accredited certifier for erection of "detached studios" on three residential properties are valid – whether on correct construction of State Environment Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 and Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 as applied to the facts the certifier could reasonably have been satisfied the proposed structures are complying development and detached studios – condition precedent to exercise of statutory power to issue certificate is that certifier be satisfied that the proposed structures are complying development – implied that state of satisfaction be reasonable – meaning of "reasonably" – not ancillary to a dwelling house as required by the SEPP – not established in conjunction with a dwelling house as required by the SEPP – not permissible with consent in the land use zone as required by the SEPP – result in more than one dwelling house on the lot (prohibited by the SEPP). Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 4, 76-76B, 85, 85A Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 Pt 2, Dictionary

Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006 State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 cll 1.3, 1.5, Div 2 Pt 1 (cll 1.15-1.20), 3.5, 3.8 Cases Cited: Avon Downs Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1949] HCA 26, 78 CLR 353 Botany Bay City Council v Pet Carriers International Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 147, 201 LGERA 16 Calleja v Botany Bay Council [2005] NSWCA 337, 142 LGERA 104 Chamwell v Strathfield Council [2007] NSWLEC 114, 151 LGERA 400 Daly v Manly Municipal Council (1988) 67 LGRA 1 Egan v Hawkesbury City Council (1993) 79 LGERA 321 Foley v Padley [1984] HCA 50, 154 CLR 349 Foodbarn Pty Limited v Solicitor-General (1975) 32 LGRA 157 Frances v Crime and Corruption Commission [2015] QCA 218 Hawkesbury City Council v Sammut [2002] NSWCA 18, 119 LGERA 171 Hornsby Shire Council v Trives [2014] NSWLEC 171 Loccisano v Hornsby Shire Council [1996] NSWLEC 122 Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v University of Sydney (1998) 98 LGERA 218 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Singh [2014] FCAFC 1, 231 FCR 437 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18, 249 CLR 332 Parsons v Hornsby Council [1995] NSWLEC 69 R v Connell; Ex parte Hetton Bellbird Collieries Ltd (No 2) [1944] HCA 42, 69 CLR 407 Sweeney Pastoral Company v Snowy River Shire Council [1993] NSWLEC 189 Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379 Trives v Hornsby Shire Council [2015] NSWCA 158, 208 LGERA 361 Winten Property Group v Campbelltown City Council [1999] NSWLEC 241 Wollongong City Council v Vic Vellar Nominees Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 266, 178 LGERA 445 Texts Cited: Butterworths Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary (Butterworths, 2007) Macquarie Dictionary (Macquarie Library, 3rd ed, 1997) National Construction Code Series – Building Code of Australia 2015 Pt F3 and F4 Category: Principal judgment Parties: 40215 of 2014 Hornsby Shire Council (Applicant) Simon Trives (First Respondent) Lachlan Bardo (Second Respondent) Jing Yan (Third Respondent)