Albury Demolitions Pty Ltd v Albury City Council

Case

[2016] NSWLEC 1414

12 September 2016


Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Case Name: 

Albury Demolitions Pty Ltd v Albury City Council

Medium Neutral Citation: 

[2016] NSWLEC 1414

Hearing Date(s): 

Conciliation conference on 2 June, 3 August 2016

Date of Orders:

12 September 2016

Decision Date: 

12 September 2016

Jurisdiction: 

Class 1

Before: 

Morris C

Decision: 

See (4) below

Catchwords: 

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders

Legislation Cited: 

Land and Environment Court Act 1979

Category: 

Principal judgment

Parties: 

Albury Demolitions Pty Ltd (Applicant)
Albury City Council (Respondent)

Representation: 

Solicitors:
R Pogson
Pogson Cronin (Applicant)
M Rogers
Kell Moore Pty Ltd (Respondent)

File Number(s): 

159544/2016

Publication Restriction: 

No

JUDGMENT

  1. COMMISSIONER: In this matter, at or after a conciliation conference, an agreement under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (the Court Act) was reached between the parties as to the terms of a decision in the proceedings that was acceptable to the parties. As the presiding Commissioner, I was satisfied that the decision was one that the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions (this being the test applied by s 34(3) of the Court Act). As a consequence, s 34(3)(a) of the Act required me to “dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the decision”.

  2. The Court Act also required me to “set out in writing the terms of the decision” (s 34(3)(b)). The orders made to give effect to the agreement constitute that document.

  3. In making the orders to give effect to the agreement between the parties, I was not required to, and have not, made any merit assessment of the issues that were originally in dispute between the parties.

  4. The final orders to give effect to the parties’ agreement under s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

    (a)The appeal is upheld.

    (b)Development Application No. 10.2014.33099.1 for Stage 1 of the Staged Development for processing and storage of reclaimed/recycled building materials and an associated site office located at Lot 824 DP 815599 being 73 Catherine Crescent, Lavington, NSW is approved subject to the conditions contained in Annexure "A".

    (c)The Court notes that each party is to bear their own costs.

    …………….

    Sue Morris

    Commissioner

    159544.16 - Annexure A (82.5 KB, pdf)

Citations

Albury Demolitions Pty Ltd v Albury City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1414


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