Roden v Bandora Holdings Pty Ltd

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Amendment notes Medium Neutral Citation: Roden v Bandora Holdings Pty Ltd [2015] NSWLEC 191 Hearing dates:21 and 22 October 2015Date of orders: 07 December 2015 Decision date: 07 December 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 4Before: Pain J Decision: (1)   The Applicant’s amended summons filed 13 March 2015 is dismissed.(2)   The Applicant is to pay the First Respondent’s costs.(3)   Order 2 is postponed for 14 days.(4)   Exhibits may be returned. Catchwords: JUDICIAL REVIEW – whether development was permissible as a “rural tourist facility” and not prohibited as a “tourist facility” under the Byron Local Environmental Plan 1988 – impermissible challenge to merits of Council determination in part – whether the local council failed to consider cll 31 and 34 of the Byron Local Environmental Plan 1988 Legislation Cited: Byron Local Environmental Plan 1988, cll 2, 9, 31, 34 Byron Local Environmental Plan 2014 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 79C, 80, 123 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 21, 33 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 25B North Coast Regional Environmental Plan 1988, cll 12, 75 Rural Fires Act 1997 (NSW) Cases Cited: Abret Pty Ltd v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2011] NSWCA 107; (2011) 180 LGERA 343 Agricultural Equity Investments Pty Ltd v Westlime Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWLEC 75 Anderson v Director General, Department of Environment and Climate Change [2008] NSWCA 337; (2008) 163 LGERA 400 Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (Northern Territory) [2009] HCA 41;...