Jr Douglas St Pty Ltd ACN 621 571 328 v Ku-ring-gai Council

[2018] NSWLEC 1529

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	JR Douglas St Pty Ltd ACN 621 571 328 v Ku-ring-gai Council [2018] NSWLEC 1529
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 5 October 2018
Date of orders:	08 October 2018
Decision date:	08 October 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:	JR Douglas St Pty Ltd ACN 621 571 328 (Applicant) Ku-ring-gai Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitors: N Purves, Hall & Wilcox Lawyers (Applicant) M Hanna, Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2018/41174
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 Schedule B of the conditions set out in Annexure A.

2. The appeal is upheld.

3. Development Application DA0605/17, being for the demolition of existing dwellings, swimming pool, tennis court and hard landscape features and construction of new seniors living development, consisting of 18 x 1 - 2 storey dwellings, including basement garage, at 85 - 87 Douglas Street, St Ives, NSW 2075 is approved, subject to the conditions set out in Annexure A.

4. The Applicant is to pay the Respondent’s costs in the amount of $21,000 (incl. GST) pursuant to section 8.15(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) within 28 days of the date of this agreement.

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Jenny Smithson

Commissioner of the Court

s34 (amended) plans (9.06 MB, pdf)    Annexure A (256 KB, pdf)

Decision last updated: 08 October 2018