Australia, July 2 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement:

1. The Applicant seeks judicial review of Snowy Monaro Regional Council's (First Respondent or Council) decision to grant two development consents for the subdivision of land in Cooma (collectively, the Decision).

2. The primary issue for determination is whether the First Respondent's Decision authorised the subdivision of land in excess of the maximum permissible amount of lots under the Cooma - Monaro Local Environmental Plan 2013 (the LEP), resulting in jurisdictional error.

3. Each of the Respondents entered submitting appearances save as to costs. The First Respondent made its appearance on condition that its Statement of Reasons would be tendered in the proceedings. The relevant parts of that statement are reproduced at [18] below.

4. The Applicant did not press Ground 2 of the Summons claiming a breach of procedural fairness.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1971f5a78d0d931f72caefe6)

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