Kidd v Georges River Council [2019] NSWLEC 1296

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kidd v Georges River Council [2019] NSWLEC 1296 Hearing dates: 17 and 18 June 2019 Date of orders: 09 July 2019 Decision date: 09 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Chilcott C Decision: The Court orders: 1) The appeal is dismissed. 2) The exhibits are returned, with the exception of Exhibits A, B, G and 1. Catchwords: Development Application – subdivision of land – one lot into two Torrens title lots – is the Applicant's written request under cl 4.6 of Kogarah LEP well founded – is compliance with the standard unreasonable or unnecessary – whether the Applicant's environmental planning grounds are sufficient Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Kogarah Local Environmental Plan 2012 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Cases Cited: Four2Five Pty Ltd v Ashfield Council [2015] NSWCA 248; [2015] NSWLEC 90 Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Council [2017] NSWLEC 1734 Initial Action Pty Ltd v Woollahra Council [2018] NSWLEC 118 Parrott v Kiama [2004] NSWLEC 77 revised - 16/03/2004 Peric v Randwick City Council [2018] NSWLEC 1509 Randwick City Council v Micaul Holdings Ltd (2016) 225 LGERA; [2016] NSWLEC 7 SNL Building Construction Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council [2019] NSWLEC 114 Wehbe v Pittwater Council (2007) 156 LGERA 446; [2007] NSWLEC 827 Texts Cited: Australian Standard AS4970-2009 Protection of trees on development sites Kogarah Development Control Plan 2012 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Marilyn Kidd (Applicant) Georges River Council (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: P Rigg, Peter R Rigg (Applicant) D Le Breton, HWL Ebsworth (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/214451 Publication restriction: No