Taouk v Northern Beaches Council

[2018] NSWLEC 1366

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Taouk v Northern Beaches Council [2018] NSWLEC 1366
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 4, 29 June 2018
Date of orders:	17 July 2018
Decision date:	17 July 2018
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:	Ray Taouk (Applicant) Northern Beaches Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Solicitors: M Driscoll, BCP Lawyers & Consultants (Applicant) M Winram, Maddocks Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2017/364104
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 s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

1. The Applicant is granted leave to rely on the amended plans and documents that are identified in condition A1 in Annexure ‘A’.

2. The appeal is upheld.

3. Development application no. N0371/17 for alterations and additions to the existing dwelling at 2191 Pittwater Road, Church Point (Lot 12 DP 10583) is approved subject to the conditions of consent in Annexure ‘A’.

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Jenny Smithson

Commissioner of the Court

Annexure A (75.1 KB, pdf)