Paradisis v Inner West Council

[2016] NSWLEC 1450

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Paradisis v Inner West Council [2016] NSWLEC 1450
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 23 September 2016
Date of orders:	23 September 2016
Decision date:	23 September 2016
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Tuor 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:	Theo Paradisis (Applicant) Inner West Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Mr M Staunton, barrister, instructed by Mr S Patterson, Whilshire Webb Staunton Beattie (Applicant) Mr M Bonanno, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2016/155237
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. Development Application No. D2015/656 for change of use of approved ground floor commercial to residential apartments and minor building alterations at 201 Darling Street, Balmain is determined by approving the plans set out in Annexure “A” subject to the conditions of development consent set out in Annexure “B”.

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Annelise Tuor

Commissioner

155237.16 Tuor - Annexure A Plans (7.61 MB, pdf)

155237.16 Tuor - Annexure B (230 KB, pdf)