ABD Holdings Pty Limited v City of Sydney Council [2013] NSWLEC 1097

ABD Holdings Pty Limited v City of Sydney Council [2013] NSWLEC 1097

The site was an accessible location with strong public transport accessibility, the LEP imposed no minimum parking requirement, and deleting the three onsite car spaces would actively discourage driving and encourage public transport, walking and cycling in a manner consistent with the Council's planning controls....

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 May 2013
Procedural Posture
Class 1 Appeal Concerning an Application to Modify a Development Consent Under S 96(8) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 / Ex Tempore Judgment; Appeal Upheld and Modification Consent Granted
Outcome
Appeal upheld; consent granted to the modification of the development consent.
Legal Topics
['modification of Development Consent' 'deletion of Onsite Car Spaces' 'public Transport Accessibility' 'parking Controls' 'heritage Listed Building Adaptive Reuse']
['environmental Planning and Assessment' 'land and Environment' 'development Consent Modification'] ['modification of Development Consent' 'deletion of Onsite Car Spaces' 'public Transport Accessibility' 'parking Controls' 'heritage Listed Building Adaptive Reuse']

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Procedural Posture

Class 1 Appeal Concerning an Application to Modify a Development Consent Under S 96(8) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 / Ex Tempore Judgment; Appeal Upheld and Modification Consent Granted

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the development as modified remained substantially the same development for the purposes of the modification application.' 'Whether consent should be granted to delete three onsite car spaces from the approved development.' 'Whether deletion of onsite car spaces was consistent with the Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012 and Sydney Development Control Plan 2012 objectives concerning public transport, walking and cycling.' 'Whether the removal of three onsite car spaces would have unacceptable traffic or parking consequences.']

Ratio Decidendi

The site was an accessible location with strong public transport accessibility, the LEP imposed no minimum parking requirement, and deleting the three onsite car spaces would actively discourage driving and encourage public transport, walking and cycling in a manner consistent with the Council's planning controls. On the evidence, the loss of three spaces would make an insignificant contribution to employee parking needs and have no real traffic consequence, so the modification was acceptable on its merits under s 79C(1) and the appeal should be upheld.

Court Disposition

Appeal upheld; consent granted to the modification of the development consent.

Orders

  • ['The appeal is upheld.' 'Consent is granted to the modification of the development consent D/2012/254 granted by the Court on 14 August 2012 in proceedings ABD Holdings Pty Ltd v City of Sydney Council [2012] NSW LEC 1261 in accordance with the plans and conditions in Annexure A.' 'The exhibits are returned.']