Eggleton v Woollahra Municipal Council

[2015] NSWLEC 1090

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Eggleton v Woollahra Municipal Council [2015] NSWLEC 1090
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on ………………
Date of orders:	24 March 2015
Decision date:	24 March 2015
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Brown C
Decision:	See (5) below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: alterations and additions to existing dwelling: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Mark Eggleton (Applicant) Woollahra Municipal Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: Mr Anthony Perkins, solicitor (Applicant) Mr Ken Webber, solicitor (Respondent) Solicitors: Colin Biggers & Paisley(Applicant) Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	10969 of 2014

Judgment

1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal by Woollahra Municipal Council of Development Application No 405/2014 for alterations and additions to an existing dwelling 7 Stephen Street, Paddington.

2. 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”.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. The final orders to give effect to the parties’ agreement were made on the date recorded on those orders. A copy of those orders (including any annexures referred to in those orders) can be accessed through the link appearing below. The date of the orders appears on the first page of the orders.

…………….

Commissioner Brown

10969 of 2014 Brown (s34) (214 KB, pdf)