Viktorija Demian v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1292

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Viktorija Demian v Willoughby City Council [2017] NSWLEC 1292 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 9 May, 1 & 7 June 2017 Date of orders: 07 June 2017 Decision date: 07 June 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Gray C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: APPEAL – s121B order - conciliation conference -agreement between the parties – order varied Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Victorija Demian (Applicant) Willoughby City Council (Respondent) Representation: Solicitor: A Whealy, Mills Oakley (Applicant) T Messenger, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2016/374203 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. The Appeal is upheld. 2. Pursuant to section 121ZK(4) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 the Court substitutes the Order No.2 and 15 issued on 24 November 2016 pursuant to section 121B of that Act in relation to 20 Weemala Road, Northbridge, with the Order No. 12 and 15 contained at Annexure A. ………………………. Joanne Gray Commissioner of the Court 374203.16 Gray (C) (1.60 MB, 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: 08 June 2017