Waldrip v Lake Macquarie City Council and Johnson Property Group Pty Ltd

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Waldrip v Lake Macquarie City Council and Johnson Property Group Pty Ltd [2016] NSWLEC 1212 Hearing dates:14 - 18 March 2016. Further submissions on conditions filed on or before 22 April 2016Date of orders: 31 May 2016 Decision date: 31 May 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Tuor C and Speers AC Decision: See paragraph 105 Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: Water recycling facility. Consistency with zone objectives, odour impacts, removal of vegetation corridor, balance of sewage generated with recycled water usage. Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulations 2000 Threatened Species Conservation Act Land and Environment Court Act Waste Industry Competition Act 2006 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004 Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014 Cases Cited: Blackmore Design Group Pty Limited v North Sydney Council 2001 NSWLEC 279 Maygood v Willoughby City Council [2013] NSWLEC 142 Terrace Tower Holdings Pty Limited v Sutherland Shire Council 2003 NSWCA 289 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Marvin Waldrip (Applicant)   Lake Macquarie City Council (First Respondent)   Johnson Property Group Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms J Walker (Applicant)   Mr J Connors (First Respondent)   Mr A Galasso SC (Second Respondent)   Solicitors: Woolf Associates Solicitors (Applicant)   Corporate Legal Office Lake Macquarie City Council (First Respondent)   Sparke Hellmore Lawyers (Second Respondent) File Number(s):2016/152812 (previously 10735 of 2015)Judgment Mr Waldrip (applicant) is appealing under s 98 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA...