Timpag Investments Pty Limited v Liverpool City Council [2018] NSWLEC 1296

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Timpag Investments Pty Limited v Liverpool City Council [2018] NSWLEC 1296 Hearing dates: 20, 27 February, 15 March and 21, 22 May 2018 Date of orders: 20 June 2018 Decision date: 20 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Adam AC & Douglas AC Decision: The Court orders: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) Development application DA 1250/2016, as amended, for the clearing of vegetation, site levelling and earth works for a warehouse, is refused. (3) The exhibits, except for Exhibits 1, B, C, D and E may be returned. Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION - characterisation of development - impact on threatened species and communities - assessment of impacts - offsets - biodiversity credits - proposed change in zoning, public interest Legislation Cited: Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 Biodiversity Conservation (Savings and Transitional) Regulation 2017 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 1979 Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Liverpool Local Environmental Plan 2008 Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Amendment (Vegetation) Order 2017 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Cases Cited: BGP Properties Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 399 Botany Bay City Council v Pet Carriers International Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 147 Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc v Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Warkworth Mining Limited 2013 NSW LEC 48 Chehab v City of Canada Bay [2002] NSWLEC 220 Denning Tweed Heads Pty Ltd v Tweed Shire Council [2018] NSWLEC 1108 Design Power Associates Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council [2005] NSWLEC 470; (2005) 148 LGERA 233 Ebsworth v Sutherland Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 63 Julian Malnic v Northern Beaches Council [2017] NSWLEC 1761 Mosman Municipal Council v Denning [2002] NSWLEC 227 Newcastle and Hunter Valley Speleological Society Inc v Upper Hunter Shire Council and Stoneco Pty Limited [2010] NSWLEC. 48 Newcastle and Hunter Valley Speleological Society Inc v Upper Hunter Shire Council and Stoneco Pty Limited (No 2) [2010] NSWLEC 104 Pro-Vision Developments Pty Limited v Ku- Ring- Gai Municipal Council [2003] NSWLEC 226 Radray Construction Pty Limited v Hornsby Shire Council [2006] NSWLEC 155 Texts Cited: BioBanking Assessment Methodology 2014 Cooks River/Castlereagh Ironbark Forest in the Sydney basin Bioregion-endangered ecological community l. NSW Scientific Committee Listing page updated 27 February 2011 BJ Preston, Biodiversity offsets: Adequacy and efficacy in theory and practice.(2016) 33 EPLJ 93 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timpag Investments Pty Limited (Applicant) Liverpool City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Dr J Smith (Applicant)