Heatscape Pty Ltd v Mahoney (No 2) [2016] NSWLEC 45

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Heatscape Pty Ltd v Mahoney (No 2) [2016] NSWLEC 45 Hearing dates: 3, 4 June and 4, 5 August 2015 Date of orders: 29 April 2016 Decision date: 29 April 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 6 Before: Pepper J Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. See orders at [295]. Catchwords: ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES: appeal against conviction and sentence – whether penalty infringement notice valid – whether court attendance notice valid – whether prosecutor lawfully commenced proceedings – whether development was exempt development – onus of proving that development not exempt development – whether development required development consent – whether development carried out in a heritage conservation area as defined in the environmental planning instrument – whether prosecution discharged onus of proving that development carried out in a heritage conservation area – meaning of "heritage conservation area" – appeal against conviction dismissed with costs – appeal against sentence dismissed with costs. Legislation Cited: Crimes (Appeal and Review) Act 2001, ss 31, 32, 37, 38, 49 Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999, ss 3A, 10, 10A, 21A Criminal Procedure Act 1986, ss 3, 14, 16, 20, 21, 172, 173, 174, 175, 179, 215 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 5, 33, 33A, 76, 76A, 125, 126, 127, 127A Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, cl 284 Fines Act 1996, ss 20, 22, 23, 23A, 24E, 24I, 37, 42, Divs 2A, 3, 4 Gloucester Local Environmental Plan 2010 cll 1.2, 1.7, 3.1, 5.10, Sch 2, 5 Interpretation Act 1987, s 3 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 21B, 32, 33, 68 Land and Environment Court Rules 2007, Pt 10, r 1 Legal Profession Act 2004, s 302A Local Government Act 1993, s 697 State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 cll 1.15, 1.16, 2.50A, 2.51, 2.53 Cases Cited: Advanced Arbor Service Pty Ltd v Strathfield Municipal Council [2006] NSWLEC 485 Axer Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 113 LGERA 357 Bentley v BGP Properties Pty Ltd [2006] NSWLEC 34; (2006) 145 LGERA 234 Blue Mountains City Council v Carlon [2008] NSWLEC 296 Byron Shire Council v Fletcher [2005] NSWLEC 706; (2005) 143 LGERA 155 Calleja v Botany Bay City Council [2005] NSWCCA 337; (2005) 142 LGERA 104 Cameron v Eurobodella Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 47; (2006) 146 LGERA 349 Camilleri's Stock Feeds Pty Ltd v Environment Protection Authority (1993) 32 NSWLR 683 Carlino v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 198; (2005) 144 LGERA 235 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters v Cross [2012] HCA 56; (2012) 248 CLR 378 Cessnock City Council v Bimbadgen Estate Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 140 Chin v Ryde City Council [2004] NSWCCA 167; (2004) 133 LGERA 312 Chugg v Pacific Dunlop Ltd [1990] HCA 41; (1990) 170 CLR 249 City of Sydney v Schwartz [2003] NSWLEC 261 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert Ltd [1996] HCA 36; (1996) 186 CLR 389 Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd [2012] HCA 55; (2012) 250 CLR 503 Corbyn v Walker Corporation Pty Ltd [2012] NSWLEC 75; (2012) 186 LGERA 442 Council of the City of Sydney v Adams [2015] NSWLEC 206 Council of the City of Sydney v Trico Constructions Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 56 Cowra Shire Council v Fuller [2015] NSWLEC 13 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWCA 155; 66 NSWLR 379 Department of Environment and Climate Change v Olmwood Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 15; (2010) 173 LGERA 366 Director General, Department of Land and Water Conservation v Bailey [2003] NSWCCA 361; (2003) 136 LGERA 242 Director-General, Department of Environment and Climate Change v Rae [2009] NSWLEC 137; (2009) 168 LGERA 121 Director-General of the Department of Environment, Climate Change v Walker Corporation Pty Limited (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 73 Director-General, Department of Environment and Climate Change v Walker Corporation Pty Limited (No 2) [2011] NSWLEC 229 Director-General, Department of Natural Resources v Gleeson [2007] NSWLEC 749 Director of Public Prosecutions v United Telecasters Sydney Ltd [1990] HCA 5; (1990) 168 CLR 594 Egan v Hawkesbury City Council (1993) 79 LGERA 321 Environment Protection Authority v Attard [2000] NSWCCA 242 Environment Protection Authority v Djura [2012] NSWLEC 122 Environment Protection Authority v Fletcher [2001] NSWLEC 104; (2001) 114 LGERA 187 Environment Protection Authority v Moolarben Coal Operations Pty Ltd [2012] NSWLEC 65 Environment Protection Authority v Riverina (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWLEC 190 Environment Protection Authority v Schon G Condon as liquidator for Orchid Holdings (NSW) Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] NSWCA 149; (2014) 86 NSWLR 499 Environment Protection Authority v Waste Recycling and Processing Corp [2006] NSWLEC 419; (2006) 148 LGERA 299 Filipowski v Fratelli D'Amato Srl [2000] NSWLEC 50; (2000) 108 LGERA 88 Filipowski v Hemina Holdings SA; Filipowski v Rajagopalan (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 104 Fletcher v Byron Shire Council (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 226 Gerondal v Eurobodalla Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 160 Gittany Constructions Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 242; (2006) 145 LGERA 189 Gore v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 330 Heatscape Pty Ltd v Mahoney [2015] NSWLEC 126 Hili v The Queen; Jones v The Queen [2010] HCA 45; (2010) 242 CLR 520 Histollo Pty Ltd v Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife Service (1998) 45 NSWLR 661; (1998) 103 LGERA 355 Holroyd City Council v El-Khouri [2008] NSWLEC 83 Hunter Water Board v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (No 2) (1992) 75 LGRA 22 Hurstville City Council v Naumcevski [2011] NSWLEC 226 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 296 Kari & Ghossayn Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 532; (2006) 150 LGERA 231 Ku-Ring-Gai Council v Vinci [2007] NSWLEC 283 Lane Cove Council v Wu [2011] NSWLEC 43 Lavorato v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 61; (2012) 82 NSWLR 568 Leichhardt Council v Geitonia Pty Ltd (No 7) [2015] NSWLEC 79 Liverpool City Council v Leppington Pastoral Co Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 170 Lloyd v Wollongong City Council [2015] NSWLEC 146 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25; (2005) 228 CLR 357 Master Education Services Pty Ltd v Ketchell [2008] HCA 38; (2008) 236 CLR 101 Matic v Mid-Western Regional Council [2008] NSWLEC 113 Minister for Natural Resources v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council (1987) 9 NSWLR 154 Mosman Municipal Council v IPM [2016] NSWLEC 26 Mosman Municipal Council v Menai Excavations Pty Ltd [2002] NSWLEC 132; (2002) 122 LGERA 89 Muldrock v R [2011] HCA 39; (2011) 244 CLR 120 Newcastle City Council v Pace Farm Egg Products Pty Ltd (No 3) [2005] NSWLEC 423 Olsson v Goulburn Mulwaree Council [2010] NSWLEC 169; 176 LGERA 71 Parker v Director of Public Prosecutions (1992) 28 NSWLR 282 Parramatta City Council v Cheng [2010] NSWLEC 94 Pittwater Council v Scahill [2009] NSWLEC 12;(2009) 165 LGERA 289 Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2011] HCA 32; (2011) 244 CLR 144; Plath v Rawson [2009] NSWLEC 178; (2009) 170 LGERA 253 Port Stephens Council v SS & LM Johnson Pty Limited [2007] NSWLEC 30; (2007) 152 LGERA 193 Public Service Association and Professional Officers' Association Amalgamated Union of New South Wales v State of New South Wales [2014] NSWCA 116 Queanbeyan City Council v Kovacevic [2015] NSWLEC 152 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54; (1999) 199 CLR 270 R v Paris [2001] NSWCCA 83 R v Piccin (No 2) [2001] NSWCCA 323 R v Wickham [2004] NSWCCA 193 Ryde City Council v Pedras [2009] NSWCCA 248 Sutherland Shire Council v Benedict (No 4) [2015] NSWLEC 101 Taylor v The Owners – Strata Plan No 11564 [2014] HCA 9; (2014) 253 CLR 531 Terrey v Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water [2011] NSWLEC 141 Thiess v Collector of Customs [2014] HCA 12; (2014) 250 CLR 664 Thomson v Hawkesbury City Council [2009] NSWLEC 151 Thorneloe v Filipowski [2001] NSWCCA 213; (2001) 52 NSWLR 60 Veen v The Queen [1979] HCA 7; (1979) 143 CLR 458 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14; (1988) 164 CLR 465 Vines v Djordjevitch [1955] HCA 19; (1955) 91 CLR 512 Willoughby City Council v BCPD Pty Ltd [2010] NSWLEC 163 Willoughby City Council v Finlay (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 233 Wollongong City Council v Ensile; Wollongong City Council v Hogarth (No 4) [2008] NSWLEC 149; (2008) 71 NSWLR 563 Woollahra Municipal Council v JPS Development & Construction Pty Limited [2007] NSWLEC 595 Woolmington v Director of Public Prosecutions (UK) [1935] AC 462 Texts Cited: Macquarie Dictionary (online ed) Oxford English Dictionary (online ed) The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Heatscape Pty Ltd (Appellant) Mr Maxwell Mahoney (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr J Dupree (Appellant) Ms M Carpenter (Respondent)