Samman v Canterbury City Council

[2015] NSWLEC 1400

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Samman v Canterbury City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1400
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 22 September 2015
Date of orders:	23 September 2015
Decision date:	23 September 2015
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Brown ASC
Decision:	See (5) below
Catchwords:	DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: demolition of existing structures and construction of a mixed use building; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited:	Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:	Principal judgment
Parties:	Bilal El Samman (Applicant) Canterbury City Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Mr Vasili Conomos (Applicant) Ms Peta Hudson (Respondent) Solicitors: Conomos Legal (Applicant) Marsdens Law Group (Respondent)
File Number(s):	10257 of 2015

Judgment

1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal of DA - 589/2013 for the demolition of all existing structures and the construction of a 6 - storey mixed use building comprising 31 apartments, one commercial tenancy and two basement levels of car parking at 1408 - 1410 Canterbury Road, Punchbowl.

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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G T Brown

Acting Senior Commissioner

10257 of 2015 Brown (s34O) (10.7 KB, pdf)

10257 of 2015 Brown (C) (79.8 KB, pdf)