Anthony Oddo v Canterbury – Bankstown Council [2017] NSWLEC 1082

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Anthony Oddo v Canterbury – Bankstown Council [2017] NSWLEC 1082 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 13 February 2017 Date of orders: 22 February 2017 Decision date: 22 February 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Dickson C Decision: See (5) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Anthony Oddo (Applicant) Joanne Oddo (Applicant) Canterbury – Bankstown Council (Respondent) Representation: P Vergotis, McCabes Lawyers (Applicant) A Seton, Marsdens Law Group (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/290497 Publication restriction: No

Judgment 1. COMMISSIONER: This is an appeal, under s97(1) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, against the refusal of Development Application No. DA 95/2016 for the demolition of structures on site, construction of a new two storey dwelling and a single storey secondary dwelling at 113 Lincoln Street Bellfield. 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 make, 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 purpose of the development application: Plan No. Description Prepared by Revision Dated: 1651-01 Ground Floor Plan/Site Plan First Floor Plan McAD Design Rev C 2 February 2017 1651-02 Elevations McAD Design Rev C 2 February 2017 Section AA 1651-03 Soil and Water Mgmt Plan McAD Design Rev C 2 February 2017 Demolition Plan 1651-04 Landscape Calculations McAD Design Rev C 2 February 2017 Streetscape Elevation 1651-05 Roof Plan McAD Design Rev C 2 February 2017 Site Analysis Plan 1651-06 Shadow Diagrams McAD Design Rev A 2 February 2017 L01/1 -K20717 Landscape Planting Plan Michael Siu Landscape Rev B 31 January 2017