Glass Recovery Services Pty Ltd v Department of Planning and Environment

[2018] NSWLEC 1030

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Glass Recovery Services Pty Ltd v Department of Planning and Environment [2018] NSWLEC 1030
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 23 January 2018
Date of orders:	25 January 2018
Decision date:	25 January 2018
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Morris AC
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:	Glass Recovery Services Pty Ltd (Applicant) Department of Planning and Environment (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitors: Mr C Gough (Applicant) Ms E Gavin (Respondent)
File Number(s):	212268/2017
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:

1. The appeal is upheld

2. The Respondent’s Order No. 15 under Section 121B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, dated 30 June 2017 relating to property at 126 Andrews Road, Penrith is revoked and replaced with the Order contained in Annexure “A”.

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Sue Morris

Acting Commissioner

Annexure A (825 KB, pdf)