Torpy v Inner West Council

[2017] NSWLEC 1152

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Torpy v Inner West Council [2017] NSWLEC 1152
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 23 March 2017
Date of orders:	23 March 2017
Decision date:	23 March 2017
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	O’Neill 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:	Shane Torpy (Applicant) Inner West Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: Ms L. Saw barrister (Applicant) Mr M. Bonanno solicitor (Respondent)   Solicitors: -.(Applicant) Inner West Council (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2016/246392

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.

1. The Appeal is upheld.

2. Development Consent is granted to Development Application No. D/2015/392 for alterations and additions to existing buildings of the heritage-listed site, including changes to the entry off Johnston Street and fit-out of the building fronting Johnston Lane to comprise one commercial tenancy, three residential dwellings and on-site parking at 101 Johnston Street, Annandale, subject to the conditions of consent annexed hereto and marked “Annexure A”.

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Commissioner O’Neill

246392.16 O'Neill (C) (204 KB, pdf)