Zouki v Liverpool City Council [2002] NSWLEC 39

Work physically commenced to the western portion of the townhouse complies with the consent and plans and qualifies as building, engineering or construction work relating to the building under s 95(4) of the EP&A Act, thus satisfying the statutory requirement and preventing the lapse of the development consent.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 27 March 2002
Procedural Posture: Development Consent Dispute / Preliminary Determination of Questions of Law
Outcome: Questions of law answered: 1. affirmative; 2. negative. Proceedings listed for further directions. Costs reserved. Exhibits returned.
Legal Topics: ['development Consent' 'lapse of Consent' 'physical Commencement of Works']

['planning Law' 'environmental Law'] ['development Consent' 'lapse of Consent' 'physical Commencement of Works']

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Procedural Posture

Development Consent Dispute / Preliminary Determination of Questions of Law

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether building, engineering or construction work relating to the development consent was physically commenced on the relevant land before 2 December 1999' 'Whether the development consent lapsed']

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Questions of law answered: 1. affirmative; 2. negative. Proceedings listed for further directions. Costs reserved. Exhibits returned.

Orders

['Proceedings to be listed before the Registrar for further directions on 11 April 2002.' 'Costs reserved.' 'The exhibits be returned.']