Wehbe v Cessnock City Council

[2015] NSWLEC 1484

Land and Environment Court

New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation:

Wehbe v Cessnock City Council [2015] NSWLEC 1484

Hearing dates:

Conciliation conference

Date of orders:

25 November 2015

Decision date:

25 November 2015

Jurisdiction:

Class 1

Before:

Tuor C

Decision:

See (4) below

Catchwords:

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: 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:

John Paul Wehbe (Applicant)

Cessnock City Council (Respondent)

Representation:

Solicitors:

Mr C Gough of Storey & Gough Lawyers (Applicant)

Mr A Seton of Marsdens Law Group (Respondent)

File Number(s):

10351 of 2015

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.

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Annelise Tuor

Commissioner of the Court

10351 of 2015 Tuor (25.11.15) (s34O) (80.6 KB, pdf)

10351 of 2015 Tuor (C) (301 KB, pdf)

10351 of 2015 Tuor_Architectural Plan - 16 Cumberland Street, Cessnock (9.37 MB, pdf)