Oneten Properties Pty Ltd V Hawkesbury City Council; Jeanette & anor v Hawkesbury City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1405

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Oneten Properties Pty Ltd V Hawkesbury City Council; Jeanette & anor v Hawkesbury City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1405 Hearing dates: 26 and 27 April 2016 Date of orders: 26 September 2016 Decision date: 09 September 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Dixon C Decision: At [90] Catchwords: APPEAL: Development Application for subdivision of land containing environmental constraint area – purpose and application of clause 4.1 E(4) (a) of the Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 – prohibition or development standard Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Interpretation Act 1987 Hawkesbury Local Environment Plan 2012 Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 1989 Cases Cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (Northern Territory) (2009) 239 CLR 27 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Australia (1998) 194 CLR 335 Valuer-General v Fivex Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 15 Stevens v Kabushiki Kaishi Sony Computer & Entertainment 224 CLR 139; [2005] HCA 58 Strathfield Municipal Council v Poynting (2001) 116 LGERA 319 Residents Against Improper Development Inc v Chase Property Investments Pty Ltd (2006) 149 LGERA 360; [2006] NSWCA 323 MP Investments Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1361 Ogg v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1413 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 Blue Mountains City Council v Laurence Browning Pty Ltd 150 LGRA 130; [2006] NSWCA 331 North Sydney Municipal Council v PD Mayoh Pty Ltd (No2) (1990)71 LGRA 222; Willoughby Council v Spa &Beauty Relaxation Centre Pty Ltd [2011] NSWLEC 101 Hecar Investments No 6 Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie Municipal Council (1984) 53 LGRA Texts Cited: Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary 1987 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Oneten Properties Pty Ltd (Applicant of 2016/154235) Jeanette Bentley & Jonn Bacic (Applicants of 2016/154259) Hawkesbury City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Andrew Pickles SC (Applicants ) Roslyn McCulloch, Hawkesbury City Council (Respondent)