TK Commercial Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2017] NSWLEC 144

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: TK Commercial Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2017] NSWLEC 144 Hearing dates: 26 and 27 September 2017 Date of orders: 27 November 2017 Decision date: 27 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Robson J Decision: See orders at [121] Catchwords: APPEAL – application for a retention of an existing residential flat building and construction of nine houses on three lots – application refused by Council

EXISTING USE – where residential flat buildings are prohibited under the Canterbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 – whether the residential flat building forming part of the proposal benefits existing use rights – whether the residential flat building benefits from a saved consent

DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS – floor space ratio – how the floor space ratio control is to be applied to the proposal – whether the floor space ratio control is to be applied to the residential flat building – whether the floor space ratio control takes into account the site on which the residential flat building stands

EXCEPTIONS TO DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS – whether the request under cl 4.6 of the Canterbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 is well founded – whether the consent authority is satisfied that an exception to the floor space ratio control should be granted Legislation Cited: Canterbury Development Control Plan 2012 Canterbury Local Environmental Plan 2012, Part 4 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) ss 80A, 106, 107, 108, 109B Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, Part 5 Cases Cited: Ashfield Municipal Council v Armstrong [2002] NSWCA 269; (2002) 122 LGERA 105 BYT Nominees Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2008] NSWLEC 164; (2008) 161 LGERA 77 Cracknell & Lonergan Architects Pty Ltd v Leichhardt Municipal Council [2012] NSWLEC 194; (2012) 193 LGERA 151 Currency Corporation Pty Ltd v Wyong Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 692; (2006) 155 LGERA 230 Four2Five Pty Ltd v Ashfield Council [2015] NSWLEC 1009 Hooker Corporation Pty Ltd v Hornsby Shire Council (1986) 130 LGERA 438 Hudak v Waverley Municipal Council (1990) 18 NSWLR 709 Jojeni Investments Pty Ltd v Mosman Municipal Council (2015) 89 NSWLR 760; [2015] NSWCA 147 Salanitro-Chafei v Ashfield Council [2005] NSWLEC 366 Seraglio v Shoalhaven City Council [2017] NSWLEC 45 Wehbe v Pittwater Council [2007] NSWLEC 827; (2007) 156 LGERA 446 Woollahra Municipal Council v Banool Developments Pty Ltd (1973) 129 CLR 138 Category: Principal judgment Parties: TK Commercial Property Holdings Pty Ltd (Applicant) Canterbury-Bankstown Council Representation: Counsel: S Duggan SC (Applicant) P M Jackson, solicitor (Respondent)