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Class 1 — Merit appeal Canterbury-Bankstown Council 24 April 2026

Salem v Canterbury-Bankstown Council [2026] NSWLEC 1221

Before: Espinosa C · NSW Land and Environment Court

HeightFloor Space / FSRDensity / Bulk & ScaleSetbacksCharacter / StreetscapeTraffic / ParkingNoise / AmenityConciliation / AgreementDemolitionBiodiversity

Summary

DEVELOPMENT APPEAL – residential development - conciliation conference – agreement between the parties - orders

Catchwords

DEVELOPMENT APPEAL – residential development - conciliation conference – agreement between the parties - orders

Outcome

The Court orders: (1)   The appeal is upheld. (2)   Development Consent be granted to Development Application No DA-370/2025 as amended for the demolition of existing structures and construction of a two-storey dwelling house with basement, inground swimming pool and associated detached cabana outbuilding on the land 19 Lancelot Street, Punchbowl NSW 2196 is determined by grant of consent subject to the conditions set out in ‘Annexure A’.

Legislation cited

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, ss 4.16, 8.7 Land and Environment Court Act 1979, ss 34AA, 34 Contaminated Land Management Act 1997   Canterbury-Bankstown Local Environmental Plan 2023, cll 4.3, 4.4, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.9 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021, s 38 State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, s 4.6 State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021, Ch 6, ss 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10 State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022

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