Penrith Lakes Development Corporation Ltd v The Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

[2015] NSWLEC 1237

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Penrith Lakes Development Corporation Ltd v The Minister Administering the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 [2015] NSWLEC 1237
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 19 June 2015
Date of orders:	19 June 2015
Decision date:	19 June 2015
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Brown C
Decision:	See (5) below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: River pump, pipeline and ancillary infrastructure, 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:	Penrith Lakes Development Corporation Ltd (Applicant) The Minister Administering the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: Ms Linda Johnson, solicitor (Applicant) Mr Louise McAndrew, solicitor (Respondent) Solicitors: King & Wood Mallesons (Applicant) Department of Planning & Environment (Respondent)
File Number(s):	10209 of 2015

Judgment

1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal by The Minister Administering The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 of a Development Consent application SSD-5225 for the purposes of a river pump, pipeline and ancillary infrastructure within the Penrith Lakes Scheme.

2. 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”.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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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Commissioner Brown

10209 of 2015 Brown (s34O) (230 KB, pdf)