Tanya Anhtuan (c/o HTC Development) v Strathfield Municipal Council [2004] NSWLEC 18

Tanya Anhtuan (c/o HTC Development) v Strathfield Municipal Council [2004] NSWLEC 18

The requirement for ground floor shower/bath in five townhouses was modified by consent, allowing construction of showers in two specific townhouses with associated modifications while approving the staged strata subdivision and variation of the relevant compliance order.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 February 2004
Procedural Posture
Development Application Appeal / Final Determination on Appeals and Modification Applications
Outcome
Appeals upheld in part by consent; staged subdivision and modification of shower requirement approved subject to conditions
Legal Topics
['development Consent' 'modification of Conditions' 'disabled Access' 'strata Subdivision' 'public Notification']
['planning and Environment'] ['development Consent' 'modification of Conditions' 'disabled Access' 'strata Subdivision' 'public Notification']

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Procedural Posture

Development Application Appeal / Final Determination on Appeals and Modification Applications

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the requirement for a shower/bath on the ground floor should be deleted from Condition 4 of the approval' 'Adequacy of disabled access ramps to five of the town houses' 'Validity of construction certificate and occupation certificate' 'Compliance with Condition 4 of Development Consent 9900/414' 'Compliance with Development Control Plan No.3 Multiple Unit Housing clause 2.3' 'Orderly and economic use and development of land under Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 section 5' 'Public interest in approving subdivision where development does not comply with applicable development consent' 'Whether modification results in substantially the same development' 'Applicant estoppel based on representations']

Ratio Decidendi

The requirement for ground floor shower/bath in five townhouses was modified by consent, allowing construction of showers in two specific townhouses with associated modifications while approving the staged strata subdivision and variation of the relevant compliance order.

Court Disposition

Appeals upheld in part by consent; staged subdivision and modification of shower requirement approved subject to conditions

Orders

  • ['Appeal No 11228 of 2003 under s 97 upheld in part' 'Appeal No 11491 of 2003 under s 96(2) upheld in part' 'Appeals No 10024 and 10023 of 2004 regarding Order 15 under s 121 upheld in part and order varied' 'Development application No 0203/410 approved as two stage development with Stage 2 subject to completion of...