Amazonia Hotels Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Case Title: Amazonia Hotels Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney Medium Neutral Citation: [2014] NSWLEC 1247 Hearing Date(s): 29, 30 October 2014 Decision Date: 28 November 2014 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Pearson C Decision: See paragraph [68]-[71] Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPEAL - Conditions - Hotel - Smoking terrace - Hours of operation - Acoustic impacts - Plan of Management Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Smoke Free Environment Act 2000 Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 Cases Cited: George Thomas Hotels v Council of the City of Sydney [2009] NSWLEC 1080 PGH Environmental Planning v Wollongong City Council [2009] NSWLEC 1385 Renaldo Plus 3 Pty Ltd v Hurstville City Council [2005] NSWLEC 315 Revelop Projects Pty Ltd v Parramatta City Council [2014] NSWLEC 1167 Zhang v Canterbury Council (2000) 115 LGERA 373 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Amazonia Hotels Pty Ltd (Applicant) Council of the City of Sydney (Respondent) Representation - Counsel: Mr C McEwen SC (Applicant) Mr A Pickles (Respondent) - Solicitors: Mr P Jackson, Pikes and Verekers Lawyers (Applicant) Ms K Morrin, City of Sydney (Respondent) File Number(s): 10567 of 2014 JudgmentAmazonia Hotels Pty Ltd (Amazonia) appeals pursuant to s 97 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (the Act) against conditions imposed on a development consent D/2013/1638 granted by the respondent Council on 2 July 2014 for alterations to the Empire Hotel, 32-32A Darlinghurst Road Potts Point, to create a smoking terrace.The Empire Hotel (the hotel) is...