Catchwords:

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – denial of procedural fairness – whether common law right to procedural fairness excluded by statute – Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) Sch 5 – legislative intent plain

ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING – statutory interpretation – whether carving into cement render of wall constitutes “development” – Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) s 4.2 – whether development consent obtained