Omaya Investments Pty Limited v Dean Street Holdings Pty Limited (No 5) [2020] NSWLEC 9

Omaya Investments Pty Limited v Dean Street Holdings Pty Limited (No 5) [2020] NSWLEC 9

The Applicants did not establish that the works or certificates contravened the applicable development consents or the relevant statutory requirements in a manner rendering the certificates or planning agreement invalid. Modifications to certificates, even where some regulatory requirements were not strictly adhered to, were not shown to be invalid in light of binding authority; public notification of the VPA was sufficient and timely. The sole breach identified (crane base) was resolved by acceptance of an undertaking to remove it.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 March 2020
Procedural Posture
Civil Enforcement Planning/environment / Judgment After Final Hearing
Outcome
Application dismissed except in relation to the undertaking for removal of crane base.
Legal Topics
['construction of Development Consents' 'construction Certificates' 'modifications of Certificates' 'development Without Consent' 'public Notification of Voluntary Planning Agreement' 'occupation Certificates' 'statutory Construction']
['environment and Planning Law'] ['construction of Development Consents' 'construction Certificates' 'modifications of Certificates' 'development Without Consent' 'public Notification of Voluntary Planning Agreement' 'occupation Certificates' 'statutory Construction']

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Procedural Posture

Civil Enforcement Planning/environment / Judgment After Final Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether excavation exceeded the scope of consent' 'Whether construction certificate (CC1) was invalid for regulatory breach' 'Whether piling and shoring was done in breach of consent or without valid certificate' 'Whether subsequent construction certificate (CC2) was invalid' 'Whether a crane base required but lacked development consent' 'Whether the executed voluntary planning agreement (VPA) was invalid' 'Whether subsequent occupation certificates would be unlawful if based on defective certificates']

Ratio Decidendi

The Applicants did not establish that the works or certificates contravened the applicable development consents or the relevant statutory requirements in a manner rendering the certificates or planning agreement invalid. Modifications to certificates, even where some regulatory requirements were not strictly adhered to, were not shown to be invalid in light of binding authority; public notification of the VPA was sufficient and timely. The sole breach identified (crane base) was resolved by acceptance of an undertaking to remove it.

Court Disposition

Application dismissed except in relation to the undertaking for removal of crane base.

Orders

  • ['The Court notes and accepts the undertaking of the First and Second Respondents not to use the tower crane base for swinging a jib and to remove it upon occupation certificate issuance.' 'The Fourth Amended Summons is otherwise dismissed.' "Applicants to pay Respondents' costs of the proceedings except costs...