Recent Cases

Bowers v Northern Beaches Council & Grigull Custodian Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCA 253 (08 December 2022) (Kirk JA, Basten AJA and Preston CJ of LEC)


Catchwords:


JUDICIAL REVIEW – development consent – use of caretaker’s residence in industrial building – residential accommodation prohibited in industrial zone – whether ancillary and subservient to dominant industrial use – alleged past and threatened future illegal use – whether fraud to apply for consent in such circumstances – whether bad faith to consent in such circumstances – whether decision that use is ancillary is perverse.