Grant Crowle v Inner West Council [2016] NSWLEC 1463

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Grant Crowle v Inner West Council [2016] NSWLEC 1463 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 7 October 2016 Date of orders: 07 October 2016 Decision date: 07 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Morris C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: MODIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Grant Crowle (Applicant) Inner West Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr M Staunton (Applicant)

Solicitors: Mr M Jaku, Jaku Legal (Applicant) Mr S Turner, Inner West Council (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/227936 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, 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. Section 96(2) application no. M/2016/77 lodged with the Respondent on 21 April 2016 to modify Development Consent No. DAREV/2015/14 for alterations and additions to the existing dwelling at 64 Campbell Street, Balmain is determined by approving the modifications as set out in Annexure A. 3. As a consequence of order 2, Development Consent No. DAREV/2015/4 is now subject to the consolidated, modified conditions of development consent set out in Annexure B. ……………. Commissioner Morris 227936.16 Morris - Annexure A (221 KB, pdf) 227936.16 Morris - Annexure B (479 KB, pdf)