Urbanesque Planning Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2019] NSWLEC 1163

Urbanesque Planning Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2019] NSWLEC 1163

The consent, although for works rather than dwellings or subdivision, resolved access, drainage, tree removal and environmental planning constraints on the seven undeveloped residential lots and thereby unlocked their residential development potential. On the expert evidence, acting on the consent would result in dwelling houses on each lot, subject to separate consents. The works were therefore likely to increase demand for public amenities and public services within the area. The contribution condition was allowed by the Ku-ring-gai Contributions Plan 2010 because cl 1.4 applied to all development increasing demand, and the Court was not persuaded that the condition was unreasonable,...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
12 April 2019
Procedural Posture
Class 1 Appeal Concerning Refusal of an Application Under S 4.55(1 A) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to Modify Development Consent Da0250/16 / Principal Judgment
Outcome
The appeal was dismissed.
Legal Topics
['modification of Development Consent' 'development Contributions' 'public Amenities and Public Services' 'contributions Plan' 'reasonableness of Consent Condition' 'vacant Lots' 'environmental Constraints']
['planning and Environment Law'] ['modification of Development Consent' 'development Contributions' 'public Amenities and Public Services' 'contributions Plan' 'reasonableness of Consent Condition' 'vacant Lots' 'environmental Constraints']

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Procedural Posture

Class 1 Appeal Concerning Refusal of an Application Under S 4.55(1 A) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to Modify Development Consent Da0250/16 / Principal Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the approved works were likely to require the provision of or increase the demand for public amenities and public services within the area under s 7.11(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.' 'Whether the development contribution condition was of a kind allowed by, and determined in accordance with, the Ku-ring-gai Contributions Plan 2010 for the purposes of s 7.13(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.' 'Whether the development contribution condition should be disallowed or amended as unreasonable in the particular circumstances under s 7.13(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.']

Ratio Decidendi

The consent, although for works rather than dwellings or subdivision, resolved access, drainage, tree removal and environmental planning constraints on the seven undeveloped residential lots and thereby unlocked their residential development potential. On the expert evidence, acting on the consent would result in dwelling houses on each lot, subject to separate consents. The works were therefore likely to increase demand for public amenities and public services within the area. The contribution condition was allowed by the Ku-ring-gai Contributions Plan 2010 because cl 1.4 applied to all development increasing demand, and the Court was not persuaded that the condition was unreasonable,...

Court Disposition

The appeal was dismissed.

Orders

  • ['The appeal is dismissed.' 'The exhibits are returned except Exhibit A.']