Charalambous v Waverley Council [2016] NSWLEC 1551

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Charalambous v Waverley Council [2016] NSWLEC 1551 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 20 September, 26 October 2016, 10 November 2016 Date of orders: 22 November 2016 Decision date: 22 November 2016 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Brown C Decision: See (5) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a dual occupancy and strata subdivision; 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: Costa Charalambous (Applicant) Waverley Council (Respondent) Representation: Mr V Conomos, Conomos Legal (Applicant) Mr S Patterson, Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/174571 Publication restriction: No

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal against the refusal of DA-139/2016 : for the demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a dual occupancy and strata subdivision at 13 Murriverie Road North Bondi. 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 under s34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are: 1. The Applicant is given leave to amend the development application by substituting the following plans as the plans relied upon for the purposes of the development application: Architectural Plans prepared by STUDIO [R] in association with Perumal Pedavoli Architects, as follows: Drawing Title Issue Date A01 Site plan & Sediment Erosion Control Plan B 23/09/2016 A02 Ground Floor Plan B 23/09/2016 A03 First Floor Plan B 23/09/2016 A04 First Floor Plan (note: actually showing Roof Plan) B 23/09/2016 A05 Front Elevation B 23/09/2016 A06 Eastern Elevation B 23/09/2016 A07 Western Elevation B 23/09/2016 A08 Back Elevation B 23/09/2016 A09 Section B 23/09/2016