Morton v Shoalhaven City Council [2016] NSWLEC 67

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Morton v Shoalhaven City Council [2016] NSWLEC 67 Hearing dates: 18 April 2016 Applicant's written submissions; 9 May 2016 Council's written submissions; 16 May 2016 Applicant's reply written submissions Date of orders: 09 June 2016 Decision date: 09 June 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pain J Decision: The question of law is answered in the negative.

The Applicant is to pay the Council's costs of the Applicant's Notice of Motion dated 29 March 2016 Catchwords: QUESTION OF LAW – separate question of law on application of environmental planning instrument provisions regulating subdivision of rural zoned land – proposed subdivision in certain locality not permissible under the environment planning instrument Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) , s 5(a)(ii) Land and Environment Court Rules 2007, r 3.7 Shoalhaven Local Environmental Plan 2014, cll 4.1, 4.2B Cases Cited: Carr v Western Australia [2007] HCA 47; (2007) 232 CLR 138 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWCA 155; (2006) 66 NSWLR 379 Gill v Donald Humberstone & Co Ltd [1963] 3 All ER 180 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZJGV [2009] HCA 40; (2009) 238 CLR 642 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379 Valuer General v Fivex Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 53; (2015) 206 LGERA 450 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Gregory Norman Morton (Applicant) Shoalhaven City Council (Respondent) Representation: COUNSEL: M E McMahon, solicitor (Applicant) I Hemmings (Respondent)