Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: SAM BUSBRIDGE v NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL [2017] NSWLEC 1210 Hearing dates: 21 April 2017 Date of orders: 21 April 2017 Decision date: 21 April 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Chilcott C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sam Busbridge (Applicant) North Sydney Council(Respondent) Representation: G McKee, McKees Legal Solutions (Applicant) M. Pearce, North Sydney Council (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/45506 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 make, 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. Leave is granted to the Applicant to rely on the amended plans set out in Condition A1 of Annexure "A". The parties agree that the amendments are minor for the purposes of section 97B of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) 2. The appeal is upheld. 3. Development Application No. 282/2016 for alterations and additions to existing dwelling, including new pool, an open car stand within the front setback and landscape works is approved subject to the conditions contained in Annexure "A" hereto. 4. The s34AA Conciliation Conference / Hearings dates of 6 & 7 June 2017 are vacated ……………. Michael Chilcott Commissioner of the Court 45506.17 Annexure A (C) (151 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 April 2017