Dunford v Gosford City Council

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

New South Wales Land and Environment Court

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

09/12/2014

LITIGATION TYPE

Project Approval - Adaptation

SUBJECT MATTER

Coastal hazard

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

Appeal against refused permission to demolish/construct. Council considered dwelling didn’t sufficiently avoid coastal erosion hazard. Construction not in the public interest as will be impacted by coastal hazard and result in property loss and damage. Council had endorsed certain climate change scenarios relating to the Central Coast region [6]. CATCHWORDS: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new a dwelling – whether coastal hazard processes will result in unacceptable property damage and loss – public interest

CASE DOCUMENTS

Dunford v Gosford City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1016