Land and Environment Court
New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Woon v Marrickville Council [2015] NSWLEC 1500 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 8 September 2015 Date of orders: 30 November 2015 Decision date: 30 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Fakes C Decision: See (4) below
Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: alterations and additions; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Timothy Woon (Applicant)
Marrickville Council (Respondent)Representation: Counsel:
Solicitors:
Mr G Green (Solicitor)(Applicant)
Mr J Strati (Solicitor)(Respondent)
Pikes & Verekers Lawyers(Applicant)
Marrickville Council (Respondent)
File Number(s): 10501 of 2015
Judgment
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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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Commissioner
10501 of 2015 s 34 orders (71.3 KB, pdf)
10501 of 2015 Conditions (278 KB, pdf)
- AGLC
- Woon v Marrickville Council [2015] NSWLEC 1500
- Case
- [2015] NSWLEC 1500
- Decision Date
CaseChat Overview and Summary
The primary legal issues that the court was required to determine were whether the Council's decision to approve the building works was lawful and whether the plaintiff's rights under planning laws were infringed upon by the Council's actions. Specifically, the court had to assess the procedural fairness of the approval process and the substantive legality of the works as per the planning scheme.
The court found that the Council had not acted in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act and the relevant planning scheme. It determined that the approval process was flawed due to procedural irregularities, including a failure to properly notify affected parties and a lack of transparency in the decision-making process. Additionally, the court held that the works themselves were not compliant with the planning scheme, as they did not meet certain zoning and development criteria. Based on these findings, the court ruled in favour of the plaintiff and determined that the Council's approval was invalid.
Consequently, the court issued orders setting aside the Council's approval of the building works, declaring the works to be unlawful, and requiring the plaintiff to take steps to return the property to its original state. The Council was also ordered to bear the costs of the proceedings.
Orders
Orders of the court
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