RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Limited v North Sydney Council [2019] NSWCA 130

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Limited v North Sydney Council [2019] NSWCA 130 Hearing dates: 15 May 2019 Date of orders: 06 June 2019 Decision date: 06 June 2019 Before: Gleeson JA at [1]; Payne JA at [2]; and Preston CJ of LEC at [9] Decision: The Court orders: (1) The appeal is dismissed. (2) The appellant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal. Catchwords: APPEAL – appeal against Land and Environment Court judge's decision to refuse development application – proposed development contravened height development standard – judge not satisfied cl 4.6 request justified contravention – judge not satisfied development consistent with objectives of standard – whether misdirection as to cl 4.6 and objectives of standard – whether denial of procedural fairness by not giving amber light approach Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 North Sydney Development Control Plan 2013 North Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2013 cll 4.3, 4.6 Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006 Cases Cited: Al Maha Pty Ltd v Huajun Investments Pty Ltd (2018) 233 LGERA 170; [2018] NSWCA 245 Ali v Liverpool City Council [2009] NSWLEC 1327 Australian Gas Ltd Co v Valuer General (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 126 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Baron Corporation Pty Limited v Council of the City of Sydney [2019] NSWLEC 61 Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 Ku-ring-gai Council v Bunnings Properties Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 28 Minister Administering Crown Lands Act v Bathurst Local Aboriginal Land Council (2009) 166 LGERA 379; [2009] NSWCA 138 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW (2018) 92 ALJR 713; [2018] HCA 30 Randwick City Council v Manousaki (1988) 66 LGRA 330 Randwick City Council v Micaul Holdings Pty Ltd (2016) 225 LGERA 94; [2016] NSWLEC 7 RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Ltd v North Sydney Council [2018] NSWLEC 191 Saffioti v Kiama Municipal Council [2019] NSWLEC 57 Category: Principal judgment Parties: RebelMH Neutral Bay Pty Limited (Appellant) North Sydney Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T S Hale SC; Mr J P Farrell (Appellant) Mr P Larkin SC; Mr R White (Respondent)