Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council

Case [2015] NSWLEC 1093


Land and Environment Court


New South Wales

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Medium Neutral Citation: Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd v Ku-ring-gai Council [2015] NSWLEC 1093
Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 22 October 2014
Date of orders: 10 April 2015
Decision date: 10 April 2015
Jurisdiction:Class 1
Before: Fakes C
Decision:

See (4) below

Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: residential flat building; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders
Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979
Category:Principal judgment
Parties: Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd (Applicant)
Ku-ring-gai Council (Respondent)
Representation:

Counsel:
Mr M Staunton (Barrister) (Applicant)
Ms K Gerathy (Solicitor) (Respondent)

Solicitors:
Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Applicant)
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):10584 of 2014

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 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.

Judy Fakes

Commissioner

10584 of 2014 s 34 order_amended 16 April 2015 (190 KB, pdf)

Amendments

29 April 2015 - Typographical errors in Order.

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CaseChat Overview and Summary

Staldone Turramurra Pty Ltd sought a declaration from the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales that a development application was valid, and that a proposed development did not constitute prohibited development under the Ku-ring-gai Council Local Environmental Plan 2016. Ku-ring-gai Council opposed the application, arguing that the proposed development was not permitted under the Local Environmental Plan. The primary issue before the court was whether the proposed development was prohibited under the Local Environmental Plan. Specifically, the court had to determine whether the proposed development constituted a change of use of the land from a permitted use to a prohibited use. The court examined the relevant provisions of the Local Environmental Plan and the evidence presented by the parties. The court found that the proposed development did not constitute a change of use of the land from a permitted use to a prohibited use. The court held that the proposed development was not prohibited under the Local Environmental Plan. The court made a declaration that the development application was valid and that the proposed development did not constitute prohibited development under the Local Environmental Plan. The court also ordered that the development application be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Local Environmental Plan.

Orders

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See (4) below

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