DM & Longbow Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 173

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: DM & Longbow Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 173 Hearing dates: 11 December 2017 Date of orders: 11 December 2017 Decision date: 11 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Preston CJ Decision: The Court orders: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) The applicant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal. Catchwords: APPEAL – appeal against a Commissioner's decision on a question of law – proposed strata subdivision of a proposed dual occupancy – development standard fixing minimum subdivision lot size – proposed subdivision will result in lots less than minimum size – development standard does not apply to "subdivision of individual lots in a strata plan" – whether proposed subdivision is such a subdivision – proposed subdivision of Torrens title lot into individual lots by registration of a plan as a strata plan – not subdivision of individual lots in a strata plan – development standard applicable to proposed subdivision Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ss 4B, 79C, 97 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 56A(1) Real Property Act 1900 Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 s 4(1) Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 s 5(5) Willoughby Local Environmental Plan 2012 cll 2.3, 2.6, 4.1, 4.1A, 4.1B, 4.1C, 4.6 Cases Cited: 4Nature Inc v Centennial Springvale Pty Ltd (2017) 224 LGERA 301; [2017] NSWCA 191 Calleja v Botany Bay City Council (2005) 142 LGERA 104; [2005] NSWCA 337 Collector of Customs v Agfa-Gevaert (1996) 186 CLR 389; [1996] HCA 36 Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297; [1981] HCA 26 Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council (2006) 66 NSWLR 379; [2006] NSWCA 155 Flower v Land Cover Council [2017] NSWLEC 1135 FTD Pty Ltd v Muswellbrook Shire Council [2011] NSWLEC 1061 Tovir Investments Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWCA 379 Category: Principal judgment Parties: DM & Longbow Pty Ltd (Applicant) Willoughby City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: F Berglund (Applicant) S Nash (Respondent)