Philip Ralph v Inner West Council

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[2017] NSWLEC 1726

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15 December 2017

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Land and Environment Court


New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Philip Ralph v Inner West Council [2017] NSWLEC 1726
Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 10, 29 November 2017
Date of orders: 15 December 2017
Decision date: 15 December 2017
Jurisdiction:Class 1
Before: Smithson 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: Philip Ralph (Applicant)
Inner West Council (Respondent)
Representation: Solicitors:
Mr G McKee, McKees Legal Solutions (Applicant)
Mr M Bonanno, Inner West Council (Respondent)
File Number(s):2017/206765
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 their development application in accordance with the plans referred to in Part B Condition 1 of Annexure A.

  2. The Appeal is upheld.

  3. Development Application No. DA2017/00221 to carry out alterations and additions to an existing warehouse and change of use to a 22 room boarding house and 2 basement car spaces is approved subject to the conditions set out in Annexure A to this agreement.

……………………….

Commissioner Smithson

Annexure A (C)

Annexure B

Decision last updated: 15 December 2017

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