Universal Property Group Pty Ltd v Blacktown City Council

[2017] NSWLEC 1748

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:	Universal Property Group Pty Ltd v Blacktown City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1748
Hearing dates:	Conciliation conference on 13, 22 December 2017
Date of orders:	28 December 2017
Decision date:	28 December 2017
Jurisdiction:	Class 1
Before:	Bish 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:	Universal Property Group Pty Ltd (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (Respondent)
Representation:	Counsel: Dr J Smith (Applicant) Solicitors: SWAAB Attorneys (Applicant) Mr D Loether, Bartier Perry Lawyers (Respondent)
File Number(s):	2017/230544
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 s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are:

1. The appeal is upheld.

2. The Applicant is granted leave to amend Development Application No. DA-17-01094 and to rely upon the following amended plans, copies of which are behind Annexure “A”:

Drawing/Document Number	Drawing/Document Title	Prepared by	Date
DA 01 Rev 2	Site Analysis Plan	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 02 Rev 2	Subdivision Plan	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 03 Rev 3	Building Envelope Plan	The Bathla Group	13 December 2017
DA 04 Rev 3	Site plan	The Bathla Group	13 December 2017
DA 05 Rev 2	Ground and first floor plans – Stage 1	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 06 Rev 2	Elevations and sections – Stage 1	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 07 Rev 2	Shadow analysis – Stage 1	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 08 Rev 2	Ground and first floor plans – Stage 2	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 09 Rev 2	Elevations and sections – Stage 2	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
DA 10 Rev 2	Shadow analysis – Stage 2	The Bathla Group	29 November 2017
Coversheet Rev G	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 2 Rev G	Index plan	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 3 Rev G	General arrangement sheet 1	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 4 Rev G	General arrangement sheet 2	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 5 Rev G	General arrangement sheet 3	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 6 Rev G	Typical cross sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 7 Rev G	Basin Long Sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 8 Rev G	Bulk earthworks plan	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 9 Rev G	Tree clearing plan	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 10 Rev G	Long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 11 Rev G	Long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 12 Rev G	Long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 13 Rev G	Long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 14 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 15 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 16 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 17 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 18 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 19 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 20 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 21 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 22 Rev G	Cross sections Glengarrie Road	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 23 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 24 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 25 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 26 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 27 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 28 Rev G	Cross sections Road 01	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 29 Rev G	Cross sections Road 02	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 30 Rev G	Cross sections Road 03	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 31 Rev G	Cross sections Road 03	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 32 Rev G	Cross sections Road 04	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 33 Rev G	Cross sections Road 05	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 34 Rev G	Catchment plan	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 35 Rev G	Stormwater network	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 36 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 37 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 38 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 39 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 40 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 41 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 42 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 43 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 44 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 45 Rev G	Drainage long sections	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 46 Rev G	Drainage calculation tables 5 years ARI storm	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Sheet 47 Rev G	Drainage calculation tables 100 years ARI storm	Pulver Cooper & Blackley	14 December 2017
Documents
Updated Waste Management Plan prepared by Universal Property Group Pty Ltd dated December 2017
Engineering Design Report prepared by Pulver Cooper & Blackley, Revision B dated 1 December 2017.

3. The Applicant is to pay the Respondent’s costs pursuant to section 97B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, as agreed or assessed.

4. Development Application No. DA-17-01094 for the staged subdivision to create 106 residential lots, 2 residue lots (former Stage 1 being Lots 137 to 155 and superlot 156 and former Lots 1 to 30), 1 super lot for the construction of 30 multi-dwellings, 1 residue lot for future RE1 Public Recreation, construction and dedication of public roads, ancillary stormwater drainage works, tree removal and public domain landscaping works on Lots 4 in Deposited Plan 1202472 and Lot 45 in Deposited Plan 262886, be approved subject to the conditions which are behind Annexure “B”.

……………………….

Commissioner Bish

Annexure B (C)

Decision last updated: 28 December 2017