Scott Greenwood v Northern Beaches Council

[2017] NSWLEC 1395

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Scott Greenwood v Northern Beaches Council [2017] NSWLEC 1395
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 16 June 2017
Date of orders:	27 July 2017
Decision date:	27 July 2017
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Brown C
Decision:	See (5) below
Catchwords:	ORDERS: resource recovery facility – non-compliance with conditions of consent - 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:	Scott Greenwood (Applicant) Northern Beaches Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitor: Mr M Flaherty, Michael Flaherty Solicitor (Applicant) Mr A Gough, Storey & Gough Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2016/329721, 2016/329742, 2016/329731
Publication restriction:	No

Judgment

1. COMMISSIONER: These are three separate but related appeals in relation to Orders issued by the council in relation to non-compliance with conditions of consent for a resource recovery facility at 9994 Mona Vale Road Belrose.

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 make, 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 under s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

1. The appeal is upheld

2. An order that pursuant to section 121ZK(4)(c) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW), the Orders issued by the Respondent to the Applicants dated 13 October 2016 are substituted by the Order as set out in Annexure 'A' to this Agreement

3. These Orders are made pursuant to s121B (Order Number 1(a), 15 and 16) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW).

4. The Court notes the parties’ agreement as follows:

5. Within 6 months the applicant will submit an application to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) for the approval of a cell design with respect to the void on ML47 and ML52, and the application must be pursued diligently.

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Commissioner G Brown

329721, 329742, 329731.16 Brown (C) (145 KB, pdf)

Decision last updated: 27 July 2017