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Class 1 — Merit appeal Wollongong City Council 23 April 2026

Vaughan Floyd Property Pty Ltd v Wollongong City Council [2026] NSWLEC 1217

Before: Espinosa C · NSW Land and Environment Court

HeightFloor Space / FSRDensity / Bulk & ScaleHeritageTrees / LandscapingNoise / AmenityConciliation / AgreementDemolitionStormwater / Drainage

Summary

DEVELOPMENT APPEAL — child care facility — heritage — town planning — acoustic — trees — orders

Catchwords

DEVELOPMENT APPEAL — child care facility — heritage — town planning — acoustic — trees — orders

Outcome

The Court orders: (1) The appeal is upheld. (2) Development Application DA2025/212 for the partial demolition of buildings, tree removal, adaptive reuse of existing heritage listed buildings and construction of child care centre, car parking and landscaping at 150 Sheaffes Road, Stream Hill being Lot 1 of Deposited Plan 795173 is determined by the grant of consent subject to conditions contained in Annexure ‘A’.

Legislation cited

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), ss 4.16, 4.46, 8.7 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW), s 34   Education and Care Services National Regulation 2011, Regs 107,108 Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021 (NSW), ss 23, 38 Rural Fires Act 1997 (NSW), s 100B State Environmental Planning Policy (Biodiversity and Conservation) 2021, Ch 4, ss 4.8, 4.9, 4.10 State Environmental Planning Policy (Industry and Employment) 2021, s 3.6, Sch 5 State Environmental Planning Policy (Resilience and Hazards) 2021, s 4.6 State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021, Ch 3, Pt 3.3, s 3.22 Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009, cll 4.3, 5.10, 5.21, 7.1, 7.9

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