Nabil Moussad v Blacktown City Council

[2017] NSWLEC 1347

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Nabil Moussad v Blacktown City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1347
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 30 June 2017
Date of orders:	30 June 2017
Decision date:	30 June 2017
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Chilcott C
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:	Nabil Moussad (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Mr Tyrrell (Applicant) Mr O’Connor (Respondent) Solicitors: McKees Legal Solution (Applicant) Houston Dearn O'Connor (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2016/337459
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 s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

1. The applicant is granted leave to amend the development application and rely on the plans referred to in Condition 2.1.1 of Annexure “A” to this agreement.

2. The Appeal is upheld.

3. Development Application Number 14-00197 for a multi dwelling housing development comprising 10 x 2 storey dwellings with associated open space, driveways and parking at 68-70 Earle Street, Doonside, NSW is approved subject to the conditions set out in Annexure “A” to this agreement.

4. Pursuant to section 97B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), the applicant is to pay the respondent’s costs thrown away in the agreed sum of $3,500 in total covering both this cost order and the earlier section 97B cost order made by the Court in favour of the respondent on 12 May 2017.

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Commissioner M Chilcott

337459.16 Chilcott (C) (276 KB, pdf)