Parris v Young Shire Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Parris v Young Shire Council [2015] NSWLEC 1164 Hearing dates:11 February, 27 March and 30 April 2015Date of orders: 19 May 2015 Decision date: 19 May 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Moore SC Decision: For Matter No 11021 of 2103, see (13); andFor Matter No 11022 of 2103, see (14). Catchwords: SUBDIVISION: adjustment of boundary of approved two allotment subdivision to transfer vegetated areas to the second of the main allotments DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: proposed tourist facility on the first of the main allotments; revegetation area; threatened species; effluent disposal DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: further subdivision of the second of the main allotments into fourteen residential allotments; road design requirements; drainage; effluent disposal DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: removal of trees Category:Principal judgmentParties: George Parris (Applicant) Young Shire Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel Mr C McEwen SC (Applicant) Mr P Clay SC (Respondent) Solicitors BCP Lawyers & Consultants (Applicant) Bradley Allen Love Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s):11021 and 11022 of 2013; 10729 of 2014Judgment SENIOR COMMISSIONER: Bendick Murrell is a hamlet on the Olympic Highway between Young and Cowra. Just off the Olympic Highway, the applicant has purchased a parcel of land of approximately 10 ha that was a former travelling stock reserve. He had previously applied to Young Shire Council (the Council) and been granted consent for a two lot subdivision of this landholding to create two approximately equal sized allotments that are rectangular in shape; have a primary north/south axis; and, at their southern end, have a frontage...