Australia, June 12 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on May 13:
1. COMMISSIONER: These Class 1 proceedings arise as a result of the actual refusal, by The Hills Shire Council, of the Applicant's request to modify development consent DA1598/2019/ZD for the subdivision of one lot into five community title rural residential lots and one community association lot (rural cluster) at 564 Cliftonville Road, Lower Portland.
2. The modification application, DA1598/2019/ZD/A, seeks modifications to conditions of consent to reduce the number of trees removed (Condition 10), reduce the number of credits required for biodiversity offsetting (Condition 16), and remove the building platform restriction ...