DM & Longbow Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1358

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: DM & Longbow Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1358 Hearing dates: 29 June 2017 Date of orders: 25 July 2017 Decision date: 07 July 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Dixon C Decision: See Directions at paragraph [39] Catchwords: APPEAL – development application for the approval and strata subdivision for a dual occupancy - question of statutory construction - cl4.1 Minimum subdivision lot size in Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2012 – whether clause applicable to strata subdivision Legislation Cited: Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2012 Cases Cited: Bay Simmer Investments Pty Ltd v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWCA 135 Council of the City of Shoalhaven v Elachi [2015] NSWLEC 85 Collector of Customs v Agfa- Gevaert Limited (1996) 186 CLR 389; [1996] HCA 36 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council (2006) 66 NSWLR 379; [2006] NSWCA 155 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297; [1981] HCA 26 Flower v Lane Cove Council [2017] NSWLEC 1135 Gibb v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1966) 118 CLR 628; [1966] HCA 74 Heatscape Pty Ltd V Mahoney [2017] NSWCCA 135 King GEE Clothing Company Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1945) 71CLR 184; [1945] HCA 23 Project Blue Sky Inc and Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: DM & Longbow Pty Ltd (Applicant) Willoughby City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: F Berglund(Applicant) S Nash (Respondent)