Council of the City of Sydney v Vision Land Glebe Pty Ltd [2019] NSWLEC 60

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Council of the City of Sydney v Vision Land Glebe Pty Ltd [2019] NSWLEC 60 Hearing dates: 26 March 2019 Date of orders: 01 May 2019 Decision date: 01 May 2019 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 Commissioner's decision on questions of law – concept development application – demolition of existing building and approval of envelope of replacement building – issue of whether existing building of heritage significance – Commissioner found building not to be of heritage significance – Commissioner preferred one witness over another – Commissioner found adaptive reuse not economically viable – Commissioner accepted only witness as not contradicted – adequacy of reasons for findings – alleged irrationality of findings – whether denial of procedural fairness in making findings – delay in judgment – whether delay affected findings Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 56A Cases Cited: Attorney-General for the State of New South Wales v X (2000) 49 NSWLR 653; [2000] NSWCA 199 Beale v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1997) 48 NSWLR 430 Boral Cement Pty Ltd v SHCAG Pty Ltd; Minister for Planning and Infrastructure v SHCAG Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 203 Castle Constructions Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2008] NSWLEC 239 Cavasinni Constructions Pty Ltd Fairfield City Council (2010) 173 LGERA 456; [2010] NSWLEC 65 Design Power Associates Pty Ltd v Willoughby City Council (2005) 148 LGERA 233 Expectation Pty Ltd v PRD Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 140 FCR 17; [2004] FCAFC 189 Goodrich Aerospace Pty Ltd v Arsic (2006) 66 NSWLR 186; [2006] NSWCA 187 Hadid v Redpath (2001) 35 MVR 152; [2001] NSWCA 416 Keith v Gel [2013] NSWCA 339 Krivoshev v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc [2005] NSWCA 76 McPhee v S Bennett Ltd (1935) 52 WN (NSW) 8 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Mount Lawley Pty Ltd v Western Australian Planning Commissions (2004) 29 WAR 273; [2004] WASCA 149 NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2005) 228 CLR 470; [2005] HCA 77 Norm Fletcher & Associates Pty Ltd v Strathfield Municipal Council [2014] NSWLEC 157 Page v Parkes Shire Council (1991) 72 LGRA 97 Bankstown City Council v Mohamad El Dana [2009] NSWLEC 68 Parramatta City Council v Pestell (1972) 128 CLR 305 Pollard v RRR Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 110 Randwick Municipal Council v Manousaki (1988) 66 LGRA 330 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1; [2003] HCA 6 Resource Pacific Pty Ltd v Wilkinson [2013] NSWCA 33 Soulemezis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Taupau v HVAC Constructions (Queensland) Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 293 Vision Land Glebe Pty Ltd v The Council of the City of Sydney [2018] NSWLEC 1593 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Council of the City of Sydney (Applicant) Vision Land Glebe Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Clay SC, Ms L Nurpuri (Applicant) Mr A Galasso SC, Ms E Bathurst (Respondent)