Valen Properties Pty Ltd ATF Valen Properties Trust v Hurstville City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Valen Properties Pty Ltd ATF Valen Properties Trust v Hurstville City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1045 Hearing dates:4-5 February 2015Date of orders: 12 March 2015 Decision date: 19 February 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Fakes C Decision: The appeal is upheld subject to conditions Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: Residential Flat Building, Affordable Rental Housing; overdevelopment; setbacks; amenity Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 State Environmental Planning Policy No 1 – Development Standards State Environmental Planning Policy No 65 – Design Quality of Residential Flat Development State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 Hurstville Local Environmental Plan 2012 Cases Cited: Abdul-Rahman v Strathfield Council [2014] NSWLEC 1237 Legacy Property Pty Ltd v Waverley Council [2014] NSWLEC 1150 Project Venture v Pittwater Council [2005] NSWLEC 191 Samadi v Council of the City of Sydney [2014] NSWLEC 1199 Schaffer Corporation v Hawkesbury City Council (1992) 77 LGERA 21 Wehbe v Pittwater Council [2007] NSWLEC 827 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Valen Properties Pty Ltd ATF Valen Properties Trust (Applicant) Hurstville City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Applicant: Mr N Eastman (Barrister) Respondent: Mr P Rigg (Barrister) Solicitors: Applicant: Gadens Respondent: Hurstville City Council File Number(s):10709 of 2014Judgment COMMISSIONER: The applicant appeals Hurstville City Council’s refusal of Development Application DA2014/0112 for the demolition of two existing structures, consolidation of two lots and construction of a residential flat building with affordable rental housing at 2 and 4 Morotai Avenue, Riverwood. At the time the...