Planning disputes
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| MacLeod v Woollahra Municipal Council [2020] NSWLEC 183 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Other | Council | 24 Dec 2020 | DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION - application to install moveable glazing enclosure at the uppermost level of a building - application refused by the Council - review of Council's refusal results in further refusal - compliance with requirements of the Woollahra Development Control Plan 2015 - necessity for cl 4.6 request for dispensation from compliance with height of buildings control - consistency with streetscape and desired future character - extent of visibility from various locations in the publi |
| Malek v Woollahra Municipal Council [2017] NSWLEC 124 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Interlocutory | Single dwelling | Applicant | 26 Sept 2017 | PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to adduce expert architectural evidence – whether |
| Solotel Pty Ltd -v- Woollahra Municipal Council [2011] NSWLEC 219 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Licensed premises | Council | 25 Nov 2011 | DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION:- appeal against council refusal of development application to increase patron numbers of a hotel dismissed by Commissioner - appeal to judge on question of law against Commissioner's decision - whether Commissioner failed to consider all aspects of s 79C(1) Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 - whether Commissioner applied the wrong test for determining whether to permit increase in patron numbers - whether Commissioner's conclusion not based on probative evid |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Goldberg [2009] NSWLEC 32 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Council | 24 Mar 2009 | COSTS :- Proceedings settled |
| Addenbrooke Pty Lty v Woollahra Municipal Council [2008] NSWLEC 190 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 13 June 2008 | Appeal :- Development application - Extensions to marinas at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour - Visual impact - Planning considerations - Application refused |
| Coshott v Woollahra Municipal Council [2007] NSWSC 1315 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWSC | — | — | — | 22 Nov 2007 | Indemnity Costs |
| Coshott v Woollahra Municipal Council [2007] NSWSC 834 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWSC | — | — | — | 9 Aug 2007 | |
| Raymond v Woollahra Municipal Council [2006] NSWLEC 730 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | — | Council | 6 Oct 2006 | Practice and Procedure :- dismissal of Class 1 proceedings commenced out of time where applicant has done nothing to obtain extension of time after being given opportunity to do so. |
| Cranbrook School v Woollahra Council [2006] NSWCA 155 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 19 June 2006 | ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - local environment plan - whether proposed development a "community facility" within meaning of Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - STATUTORY INTERPRETATION - function of definition clauses - WORDS AND PHRASES - community facility". |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Baranov [2006] NSWLEC 97 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Council | 2 Mar 2006 | Practice and Procedure :- Final order - further order to implement or work out final order - when final order may be varied |
| Cranbrook School v Woollahra Municipal Council [2005] NSWLEC 716 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Education | Council | 14 Dec 2005 | Question of Law :- Woollahra Local Environmental Plan 1995 - zoning permitting development of community facilities - whether development for a school constitutes a "community facility" under the LEP - whether Cranbrook is a "body of persons associated" |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Ferella [2005] NSWLEC 402 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Dismissed | Other | Council | 30 June 2005 | Practice and Procedure :- consent orders - application to vary or amend after final orders made - effect of entering or recording |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Samadi [2004] NSWLEC 564 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | — | — | — | 13 Oct 2004 | Prosecution :- Guilty plea - Carrying out of development without consent - Additions to residential flat building. |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Juric (No. 2) [2004] NSWCA 102 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 1 Apr 2004 | COSTS - offer of compromise - application for indemnity costs in relation to application for leave to appeal. (D) |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Juric [2004] NSWCA 101 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWCA | — | — | — | 22 Mar 2004 | NEGLIGENCE - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - personal injury - leave to appeal refused - trial judge examined the facts surrounding the opponent's fall and correctly applied the law to conclude that the claimant had owed a duty to the opponent in the circumstances. (D) |
| Gray v Woollahra Municipal Council [2004] NSWSC 112 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWSC | Dismissed | Other | Council | 10 Mar 2004 | Administrative law - collateral challenge in Local Court - validity of council order - Environmental Law - need for development consent |
| Woollahra Municipal Council v Ferella [2003] NSWLEC 118 | NSW | Woollahra Municipal Council | NSWLEC | Costs | Other | Council | 30 May 2003 | Costs :- ex parte application for urgent interlocutory relief - proceedings settled - assessment of circumstances justifying award of costs against respondent |