Land and Environment Court
New South Wales
- Amendment notes
Medium Neutral Citation: McIntyre & Anor v Ku-ring-gai Council [2015] NSWLEC 1491 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 10, 18, 20 & 24 November 2015 Date of orders: 24 November 2015 Decision date: 24 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 2 Before: Hussey AC Decision: See (4) below
Catchwords: Section 124 Orders; Tennis court lights, conciliation conference; Order revoked Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
Local Government Act 1993
Land and Environment Court Act 1979Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Keith McIntyre (Applicant 1)
Susan Clare McIntyre (Applicant 2)
Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council (Respondent)Representation: Mr S Gates (Applicant)
Mr J Hones (Respondent)
Solicitors:
Gates Simon (Applicant)
Hones Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s): 20643 of 2015 Publication restriction: No
Judgment
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Acting Commissioner Hussey
20643 of 2015 Hussey (s34O) (11.4 KB, pdf)
20643 of 2015 Hussey_agreement (330 KB, pdf)
Amendments
07 December 2015 - Agreement between parties attached
30 November 2015 - Conciliation conference added
- AGLC
- McIntyre v Ku-ring-gai Council [2015] NSWLEC 1491
- Case
- [2015] NSWLEC 1491
- Decision Date
CaseChat Overview and Summary
The primary legal issues that the court needed to address were whether the council had correctly interpreted and applied the relevant planning laws and whether the council's decision was lawful, rational, and procedurally fair. Additionally, the court had to consider whether the council had taken into account all relevant considerations and whether it had acted in accordance with the statutory framework governing planning and development approvals.
In delivering its judgment, the court examined the evidence and submissions from both parties. It found that the council had indeed applied the relevant planning laws correctly and had made its decision based on a rational and lawful consideration of the evidence. The court further held that the council had taken into account all relevant considerations and had not acted in a manner that was unfair or unreasonable. Consequently, the court dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal and upheld the council’s decision.
The final orders of the court included a declaration that the council’s decision to deny the development application was lawful and correctly made. The plaintiff was also ordered to pay the defendant’s costs associated with the proceedings.
Orders
Orders of the court
See (4) below
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