Jubilee Properties v Warringah Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Jubilee Properties v Warringah Council [2015] NSWLEC 1042 Hearing dates:11-13 February 2015Decision date: 13 February 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Morris C Decision: Appeal dismissed Catchwords: Development application: objection to development standard for height, Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act; Warringah Local Environmental Plan 2011; 26 State Environmental Planning Policy No 65 – Design Quality of Residential Flat Development; Standard Instrument—Principal Local Environmental Plan Cases Cited: Wehbe v Pittwater Council [2007] NSWLEC 827; Project Venture Developments v Pittwater Council [2005] NSWLEC 191; Schaffer Corporation v Hawkesbury City Council (1992) 77 LGRA 21 Texts Cited: Warringah Development Control Plan 2011; Residential Flat Design Code; Dee Why Town Centre Master Plan 2013 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Jubilee Properties (Applicant) Warringah Council (1st Respondent) Sydney East Joint Regional Planning Panel (2nd Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr I Hemmings SC (Applicant) Ms H Irish (2nd Respondent) Solicitors: Ms Rebecca Fleming Norton Rose Fulbright(Applicant) Mr A Gough Storey & Gough (1st Respondent) Ms D Holm (2nd Respondent) File Number(s):10395 of 2014Judgment Jubilee Properties lodged Development Application No 2013/1168 with Warringah Council seeking consent for demolition works and construction of a mixed use retail/commercial and residential development at Nos 697-701 Pittwater Road, Dee Why. A Voluntary Planning Agreement accompanies the application. Because the capital investment value of the project exceeds $20million, the Sydney East Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) exercised the function of consent authority for the application. The JRPP refused consent, contrary to the recommendation of the council, and...