Paddison v Tweed Shire Council; Cotterill v Tweed Shire Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Amendment notes Medium Neutral Citation: Paddison v Tweed Shire Council; Cotterill & Anor v Tweed Shire Council [2015] NSWLEC 1036 Hearing dates:5 & 6 February 2015Decision date: 05 March 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Morris C Decision: Appeals dismissed Catchwords: Development Application: whether an underdevelopment of the site, multi dwelling housing, dual occupancy, whether objection to development standard well founded. Legislation Cited: Tweed City Centre Local Environmental Plan 2012; Standard Instrument—Principal Local Environmental Plan; Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Cases Cited: Wehbe v Pittwater Council [2007] NSWLEC 827; Schaffer Corporation v Hawkesbury City Council (1992); BGP Properties Pty Limited v Lake Macquarie City Council [2004] NSWLEC 399 Texts Cited: Tweed Development Control Plan ; NSW Coastal Policy 1997; Far North Coast Regional Strategy 2006-2031; Tweed Heads Town Centre Masterplan; Tweed City Centre Vision 2011; Tweed Shire Urban Land Release Strategy Category:Principal judgmentParties: 10519 of 2014 Craig Paddison (Applicant) Tweed Shire Council (Respondent) 10520 of 2014 Lance and Wendy Cotterill (Applicants) Tweed Shire Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr S Nash (Respondent) Solicitors: Mr A Gough Storey & Gough (Applicant) Ms S Kelly KLA Piper (Respondent) File Number(s):10519 of 2014 and 10520 of 2014Judgment These are two development applications lodged with and refused by Tweed Shire Council that seek consent for residential development on two adjoining allotments. As the contentions in the cases are similar, the matters have travelled together and the parties agree that evidence in one is to be evidence in the other. Matter...