Codling v Central Coast Council [2019] NSWLEC 1158

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Codling v Central Coast Council [2019] NSWLEC 1158 Hearing dates: 11-12 March 2019 Date of orders: 13 June 2019 Decision date: 11 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Gray C Decision: Directions made – see [110]

Final orders – see [112] Catchwords: APPEAL: development application – mixed use development in business park zone – shop top housing – permissibility – whether there is compliance with a provision limiting shop top housing – weight to be given to draft clause in a draft consolidating local environmental plan – consistency with zone objectives – conflict of residential use with other permissible uses – consistency with the development control plan Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Standard Instrument - Principal Local Environmental Plan State Environmental Planning Policy No 65—Design Quality of Residential Apartment Development Wyong Local Environmental Plan 2013 Cases Cited: Arco Iris Trading Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2015] NSWLEC 113 BGP Properties Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council (2004) 138 LGERA 237; [2004] NSWLEC 399 Chamwell Pty Limited v Strathfield Council (2007) 151 LGERA 400; [2007] NSWLEC 114 Hrsto v Canterbury City Council (No 2) [2014] NSWLEC 121 Terrace Tower Holdings Pty Ltd v Sutherland Shire Council (2003) 129 LGERA 195; [2003] NSWCA 289 Tim Shellshear & Associates v Warringah Council [2012] NSWLEC 1097 Texts Cited: Apartment Design Guide Central Coast Local Environmental Plan 2018 (Draft) Wyong Development Control Plan 2013 Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Codling (Applicant) Central Coast Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Tomasetti SC (Applicant) M Wright SC (Respondent)