CD Architects v Inner West Council

[2018] NSWLEC 1459

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	CD Architects v Inner West Council [2018] NSWLEC 1459
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 2 August 2018
Date of orders:	29 August 2018
Decision date:	29 August 2018
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Smithson C
Decision:	See [4] below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	CD Architects (Applicant) Inner West Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitors: S Kondilios, Hall & Wilcox (Applicant) M Bonanno, Inner West Council (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2018/24999
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 make, 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 s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

1. Leave is granted for the Applicant to rely on the amended plans and material listed in paragraph 1 of the conditions set out in Annexure A.

2. The appeal is upheld and Development Application DA201700180, for the demolition of the existing building and construction of a boarding house development containing 24 rooms in total (23 rooms plus 1 on-site manager's room) at 209 Livingstone Road, Marrickville, is approved, subject to the conditions set out in Annexure A.

3. The Applicant is to pay the Respondents costs pursuant to section 8.15(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) in the amount of $17,000 within 28 days of the date of the Judgment of the Court.

……………………….

Jenny Smithson

Commissioner of the Court

Annexure A (91.5 KB, pdf)    Amended Plans (15.3 MB, pdf)