Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement: 1. COMMISSIONER: This appeal, lodged by the applicant under s 8.7(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act), concerns the refusal by Penrith City Council (Council) of development application number DA-23/0763 (DA). The DA seeks consent for the construction of multi dwelling housing consisting of twenty-three (23) town houses with associated parking, landscaping and tr...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement: 1. The Respondent, by Notice of Motion ('the Motion') filed on 30 April 2025, seeks the following orders: 1) The hearing dates in this matter of 12 and 13 May 2025 be vacated. 2) The procedural orders 2b and 2c made on 28 April 2025 be vacated 3) The "usual directions", direction 6 be vacated. 4) The matter is listed for further conciliation on 12 May 2025, or such other time as convenien...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement: 1. This is a Class 1 Development Appeal pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) by the applicant against the respondent's deemed refusal of the applicant's development application DA24/0573 (Development Application) for the demolition of an existing structure and the construction of a new two-storey warehouse, land use and erection of a business ident...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 9: 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal pursuant to s 8.7(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) against the deemed refusal by Fairfield City Council of Development Application No. 4.1/2024. 2. The Development Application, as amended, seeks consent for the construction of a double-storey industrial complex, consisting of 62 industrial units with mezzanines, 28...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 9: 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal pursuant to the provisions of s 8.7(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) against the deemed refusal by Central Coast Council of Development Application No DA/30/2024 for the demolition of an existing building and construction of a new industrial building for the purposes of a storage premises, ancillary earthworks, serv...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 9: 1. COMMISSIONER: These Class 1 proceedings arise as a result of Modification Application 166/2023/2, made directly to the Court pursuant to s 4.55 (8) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act). The application seeks to modify development consent DA 166/2023/1, which permitted the demolition of three existing dwelling and the construction of a thirteen (13) unit ...
Australia, June 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 9: 1. This is an application by Mr Muhammad Iyaz ("the Applicant") for review of a decision by the Building Commission NSW, Department of Customer Services ("the Building Commission"). The Building Commission's decision was to refuse to grant the Applicant's application for a contractor licence for the category of General Building Work under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) ("the HBA")....