Planning disputes
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| Fred Caterson Champions Inc. v The Hills Shire Council (No 5) [2026] NSWLEC 82 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Other | Mixed | 6 July 2026 | PROCEDURE: late application to amend pleadings – applicable legal principles – inadequacy of explanation for delay in filing application – whether any genuine prejudice to the non-amending party – leave to amend granted |
| Fred Caterson Champions Inc. v The Hills Shire Council (No 4) [2026] NSWLEC 55 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Mixed | 12 May 2026 | COSTS – whether costs thrown away should be ordered payable after decision to allow vacation of hearing dates has been determined – each party to pay own costs |
| Fred Caterson Champions Inc trading as Fred Caterson Champions v The Hills Shire Council trading as The Hills Shire Council [2026] NSWCA 24 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 10 Mar 2026 | APPEALS – leave to appeal – where application for leave to rely on expert report refused in the Land and Environment Court – whether leave to appeal should be granted to reconsider that decision |
| Fred Caterson Champions Inc v The Hills Shire Council (No 3) [2026] NSWLEC 16 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Other | Council | 19 Feb 2026 | INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION – application for interlocutory order restraining work by local council of development of playing fields – whether serious question to be tried – whether irreparable harm caused if no order made – claim of acting in public interest – balance of convenience – delay in making application – application dismissed |
| Fred Caterson Champions Inc. v The Hills Shire Council (No 2) [2026] NSWLEC 11 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Other | Mixed | 10 Feb 2026 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – stay of proceedings ordered to enable appeal of interlocutory |
| Fred Caterson Champions Inc. trading as Fred Caterson Champions v The Hills Shire Council trading as The Hills Shire Council [2025] NSWLEC 139 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 4 Dec 2025 | NOTICE OF MOTION – application for extension of time for commencing proceedings – r 59.10(2) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 – application for expert evidence in Class 4 judicial review proceedings – r 31.19 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 |
| The Hills Shire Council v Needham [2020] NSWLEC 107 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 5 Aug 2020 | PROCEDURE – application to vacate hearing dates – application granted – applicant to pay costs of vacation |
| Mulpha Norwest Pty Ltd v The Hills Shire Council (No 2) [2020] NSWLEC 74 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Other | Mixed use | — | 22 June 2020 | APPEAL – separate question of law – statutory construction of floor space ratio in environmental planning instrument |
| Mulpha Norwest Pty Ltd v The Hills Shire Council [2020] NSWLEC 7 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 10 Feb 2020 | SEPARATE QUESTION: whether a separate question ought to be ordered – applicable legal principles – question if answered in favour of the council dispositive of appeal – facts necessary to determine question agreed – no expert evidence required to determine question – question has potential precedential value – separate question ordered. |
| Wirrabara Village Pty Limited v The Hills Shire Council [2018] NSWLEC 6 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Mixed use | Applicant | 27 Feb 2018 | PROCEDURE – application for expedition – deemed refusal – imminent expiry of site compatibility certificate - expedition granted |
| The Hills Shire Council v Needham [2018] NSWLEC 1 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Other | Mixed | 7 Feb 2018 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – vacation of hearing dates at commencement of hearing to enable legal representation to be obtained conditioned on interlocutory order remaining in place and payment of applicant’s costs thrown away |
| The Hills Shire Council v Needham [2017] NSWLEC 180 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Other | Council | 15 Dec 2017 | INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION – Council makes application seeking permanent orders preventing Respondent from using premises for a prohibited purpose – Respondent uses premises for the prohibited purpose after application made to the Court but prior to final hearing – Council makes application seeking interim injunction preventing Respondent from using premises for the prohibited purpose – adequate evidence from Council to establish use for a prohibited purpose – no “usual undertaking” given by Counc |
| Stankovic v The Hills Shire Council [2015] NSWCA 279 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWCA | Dismissed | Agricultural | Council | 9 Sept 2015 | PRACTICE and PROCEDURE – application for leave to appeal – extension of time – application 10 years out of time – challenge to costs order – proceedings earlier dismissed but reinstated – ground of proposed appeal unarguable – absence of justification for delay |
| The Hills Shire Council v Mouawad [2014] NSWLEC 59 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 14 May 2014 | BIAS: application for judge to disqualify herself on the grounds of apprehended bias - prior adverse credit finding made against defendant in unrelated proceedings - meaning of "implausible" - applicable legal principles - application upheld. |
| The Hills Shire Council v Sales Search Pty Ltd [2013] NSWLEC 103 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Varied | Other | Mixed | 12 July 2013 | DEVELOPMENT CONSENT - appeal from determination of Commissioner that proposed development is a boarding house, which is permitted in the applicable zone under Baulkham Hills Local Environmental Plan 2005 and whether Commissioner should have determined that proposed development was an apartment building or commercial premises, both of which are prohibited in that zone. |
| Mulpha FKP Pty Ltd v The Hills Shire Council [2012] NSWLEC 101 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | — | Mixed | 9 May 2012 | JUDICIAL REVIEW:- surrender of development consent - more than 8 months after notice of voluntary surrender of development consent, council had not decided whether to issue statutory notification required to give it effect - whether council under a duty to exercise statutory notification function - if so, whether reasonable time for exercising function had expired - appropriate relief. |
| Cachia v The Hills Shire Council [2010] NSWLEC 136 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 6 July 2010 | COSTS :- order issued by Council outside power - successful applicant seeks order for costs and compensation - applicant a litigant in person - whether fair and reasonable to award costs to reimburse applicant's out of pocket expenses - whether applicant should be compensated for expenses incurred as a consequence of the order - costs awarded to applicant |
| The Hills Shire Council v Suciu (No 3) [2009] NSWLEC 192 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Upheld | Other | Council | 30 Oct 2009 | ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- sentence – breach of s 143 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 – dumping of unclean waste on private property without consent – ex parte hearing – harm to the environment – objective and subjective sentencing considerations – aggravating factors – appropriate penalty – costs |
| Edwards v The Hills Shire Council [2009] NSWLEC 187 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Licensed premises | Council | 19 Oct 2009 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- Motion to dismiss as an abuse of process a class 1 appeal against development refusal - costs. |
| The Hills Shire Council v Suciu (No 2) [2009] NSWLEC 168 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | — | Applicant | 22 Sept 2009 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE :- application for adjournment of delivery of sentencing |
| The Hills Shire Council v Suciu [2009] NSWLEC 145 | NSW | The Hills Shire Council | NSWLEC | Upheld | Other | Council | 31 Aug 2009 | ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES :- prosecution - ex parte proceedings - plea of not guilty - unlawful waste disposal - waste transportation and disposal in a place other than lawful waste facility - "waste" - unclean fill - finding of guilt |