Review of Council owned R2 and R3 zoned land

Stage history

1. Post-exhibition

   source label: “post-exhibition/Gateway Implementation”

   Status date 31 Mar 2026 · Observed 12 June 2026 → current

More in Hawkesbury City Council

• LEP001/25 - Hawkesbury Slab Barns and Outbuildings LEP Amendment Assessment· 31 Mar 2026
• Hawkesbury LEP 2012 - 42 Bells Lane, Kurmond - amend minimum lot size to 4000sqm (5 dwellings) Withdrawn· 10 Sept 2021
• Hawkesbury LEP 2012 (Amendment No 10) - rezoning of 120-188 Hawkesbury Valley Way, Clarendon (0 dwellings) Withdrawn· 2 Feb 2021
• MOONEY MOONEY (including PEAT ISLAND), rezone surplus government land Withdrawn· 30 Jan 2021

Planning disputes in Hawkesbury City Council

Tribunal and court decisions naming this council, newest first. A signal of contested development in the area, not legal advice.

• Hawkesbury City Council v Saed [2022] NSWLEC 34 NSWLEC· 1 Apr 2022· Hawkesbury City Council v Saed [2022] NSWLEC 34 ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE – removal of trees –charge of development without consent – guilty plea – sentencing principles – substantial actual and likely environmental harm caused by the commission of the offence – state of the mind of the defendant at the time of the commission of the offence – whether defendant was criminally negligent – objective seriousness of the commission of the offence moderate to low – no prior convictions – genuine remorse and contrition demonstrated – specific and general
• Hawkesbury Sports Council v Martin [2019] NSWCA 76 NSWCA· 16 Apr 2019· Hawkesbury Sports Council v Martin [2019] NSWCA 76 TORTS – negligence – breach of duty – where risk of harm obvious – where not established that risk not insignificant – whether content of duty required precaution of removing steel cable EVIDENCE – opinion evidence – expert opinion – where expert “civil engineer” and “building consultant” – where opinion as to human visual perception – whether expert has “specialised knowledge” – whether opinion wholly or substantially based on such specialised knowledge EVIDENCE – photographic evidence – where
• Byrnes v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWCA 173 NSWCA· 25 June 2015· Byrnes v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWCA 173 TORTS – negligence – findings of fact – whether the primary judge erred in concluding that the Council did not perform work at the location of the appellant’s fall and was therefore not responsible for the appellant’s injury – whether the primary judge erred in, alternatively, accepting and declining to accept certain evidence and in not giving sufficient weight to other evidence
• Ford v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 19 NSWLEC· 16 Feb 2015· Ford v Hawkesbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 19 APPEAL – against conviction and severity of sentence – contractor convicted of unlawfully clearing about 12 trees on a rural property – whether defence of honest and reasonable mistake of fact made out – whether fine of $8,000 too severe
• Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1636 NSWSC· 7 Nov 2013· Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1636 APPEAL FROM LOCAL COURT - notice of discontinuance filed without consent of other party or with leave of the court - other party's consent to discontinuance provided to the court - order as to costs.
• Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1341 NSWSC· 17 Sept 2013· Jarvie v Hawkesbury City Council [2013] NSWSC 1341 PROCEDURE - appeal from magistrate - application to strike out appeal for want of prosecution - appeal on grounds of law - delay in obtaining transcript - delay not adequately explained - appeal to proceed on basis of evidence filed to date