Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:

1. COMMISSIONER: This is a Class 1 Development Appeal pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) being an appeal against the refusal of Development Application DA 23/1784 (DA) seeking consent for the demolition of existing buildings and construction of a three-storey residential flat building consisting of 35 apartments, and two basement parking levels (Proposed Development) at 56-60 Hawke Street, Huskisson, also known as Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Section 8 of Deposited Plan 758530 (the Site).

2. The DA was notified for a period of 28 days in accordance with the Respondent's 'Community Cons...