Metroplex Management P/L v Brisbane City Council & Ors

[2010] QCA 333

Queensland Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Environment and Planning
2. › Courts and tribunals with environment jurisdiction
3. › Queensland
4. › Planning and Environment Court
5. › Powers on appeal
6. › Power to approve development application in part
7. › Whether power under s 3.5.11 subject to implied limitation from s 4.1.52(2)(b)
8. › Whether 'minor change' restriction applies to partial approval
9. › Integrated Planning Act 1997 (Qld), ss 3.5.11, 4.1.52(2)(b)
1. Environment and Planning
2. › Courts and tribunals with environment jurisdiction
3. › Queensland
4. › Planning and Environment Court
5. › Powers on appeal
6. › Power to adjourn hearing
7. › Whether adjournment to allow further evidence on traffic issues was within power
8. › Whether adjournment would constitute miscarriage of justice
1. Statutory Interpretation
2. › Implied limitations
3. › Whether words should be read into statute
4. › Three conditions for supplying omitted words
5. › Whether limitation in one section should be imported into another section of same Act

Quick Take

The power under s 3.5.11 of the Integrated Planning Act 1997 (Qld) to approve a development application in part is unqualified and not subject to the 'minor change' limitation in s 4.1.52(2)(b). The two sections deal with different subject matters: s 3.5.11 concerns partial approval of applications, while s 4.1.52(2)(b) concerns applicant-initiated changes to applications. The P&E Court, when hearing an appeal by way of hearing anew, stands in the shoes of the assessment manager and has the same unqualified power to approve in part. However, whether partial approval is appropriate in a given case remains a question of fact, particularly where the development is 'integrated'. The P&E Court also has power to adjourn hearings to allow further evidence to be obtained on unresolved issues such as traffic impacts.