Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 39

Boral Resources (NSW) Pty Limited v Wingecarribee Shire Council [2003] NSWLEC 39

Work expressly required by a condition of development consent, physically commenced before the five-year lapse period, constitutes engineering or construction work relating to the development and on the relevant land under s 99(4) (now s 95(4)) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, thus preventing the consent from lapsing.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 February 2003
Procedural Posture
Application for Declaration / Judgment
Outcome
Declaration made for applicant; development consent not lapsed. Costs reserved.
Legal Topics
['development Consent' 'lapse of Consent' 'commencement of Works' 'construction Law']

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Procedural Posture

Application for Declaration / Judgment

  1. 1 ["Whether work carried out pursuant to condition 13(i) was 'engineering or construction work relating to' the development." "Whether it was 'on the land to which the consent applies' within the meaning of s 99(4) of the EP&A Act."]

Ratio Decidendi

Work expressly required by a condition of development consent, physically commenced before the five-year lapse period, constitutes engineering or construction work relating to the development and on the relevant land under s 99(4) (now s 95(4)) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, thus preventing the consent from lapsing.

Court Disposition

Declaration made for applicant; development consent not lapsed. Costs reserved.

Orders

  • ['Declaration that the development consent granted on 11 February 1991 has not lapsed.' 'Question of costs reserved.']