Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council v Wyong Shire Council [2016] NSWLEC 1095

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council v Wyong Shire Council [2016] NSWLEC 1095 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 19 February 2016 Date of orders: 03 May 2016 Decision date: 03 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Brown C Decision: See (5) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: caravan park; 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: Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (Applicant) Wyong Shire Council (Respondent) Representation: Ms P Wright, P J Donnellan & Co Solicitors (Applicant) Mr B Glendenning, Wyong Shire Council (Respondent) File Number(s): 10871 of 2014 Publication restriction: No

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal of DA/493/2012 by Wyong Shire Council for a caravan park at Lot 589 in DP 728958 and Lot 627 in DP 727733, Macleay Drive, Halekulani. 2. 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". 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. ……………. Commissioner Brown 10871 of 2014 Brown (s34O)_3 May 2016 (69.4 KB, pdf) 10871 of 2014 Brown (C) (410 KB, pdf)