Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Akopian v Blacktown City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1196 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 18 December 2015, 18 March, 8, 26 April, 13 May 2016 Date of orders: 16 May 2016 Decision date: 16 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Brown C Decision: See (5) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: demolition of existing improvements and construction of a multi-unit housing development; 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: Ara Akopian (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Hemant Prakash (Applicant) Peta Hudson (Respondent) Solicitors: Hemant Prakash & Associates (Applicant) Marsdens Law Group (Respondent) File Number(s): 10915 of 2015 Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal of Development Application DA-14-1181 for the demolition of all improvements and the construction of a multi-unit housing development at 14-16 McCulloch Road, Blacktown. 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. ……………. G T Brown Commissioner 10915 of 2015 (s34O) gtb (87.2 KB, pdf) 10915 of 2015 (C) gtb (229 KB, pdf) DISCLAIMER - Every effort has been made to comply with suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication that may apply to this judgment or decision. The onus remains on any person using material in the judgment or decision to ensure that the intended use of that material does not breach any such order or provision. Further enquiries may be directed to the Registry of the Court or Tribunal in which it was generated. Decision last updated: 27 May 2016