Ben-Menashe & Anor v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 168

Ben-Menashe & Anor v Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council [2001] NSWLEC 168

Imposing a condition requiring strata title subdivision on an application for Torrens title subdivision amounts to either a refusal to determine the application as made or a refusal of the application; it is not a valid condition and does not constitute a consent to the application.

Parties
Applicants: Ilan & Linda Ben-Menashe; Respondent: Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
06 July 2001
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Preliminary Question of Law
Outcome
Preliminary question answered in the negative; the Council could not impose the condition requiring strata title subdivision.
Legal Topics
Development Consent Conditions, Subdivision (torrens/strata Title), Statutory Construction
Planning and Environment Law Development Consent Conditions Subdivision (torrens/strata Title) Statutory Construction

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Parties

Ilan & Linda Ben-Menashe

Applicants

Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Preliminary Question of Law

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether s 80A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 permits imposition of a condition requiring strata title subdivision on an application for Torrens title subdivision

Ratio Decidendi

Imposing a condition requiring strata title subdivision on an application for Torrens title subdivision amounts to either a refusal to determine the application as made or a refusal of the application; it is not a valid condition and does not constitute a consent to the application.

Court Disposition

Preliminary question answered in the negative; the Council could not impose the condition requiring strata title subdivision.