Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Karavelas v Georges River Council [2017] NSWLEC 1414 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 3 August 2017 Date of orders: 07 August 2017 Decision date: 07 August 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Gray C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: MODIFICATION APPLICATION - conciliation conference - agreement between the parties - orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Cases Cited: Nil Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: William Karavelas (Applicant) Georges River Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Reid (Applicant) Solicitor: C McJannett, Mills Oakley (Applicant) A Berry, Georges River Council (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/98274 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 Applicant is granted leave to rely on the amended plans and documents as referred to in the conditions of consent contained in Annexure "A" and included at Annexure "B". 2. The appeal is upheld. 3. Consent is granted to application no. 9/2016/78/2 for the modification of a development application no 9/2016/78/1 to amend condition 4, relating to Section 94 contributions, and delete conditions 13, 14 and 15 relating to design amendments at 19-23 Bembridge Street, Carlton NSW 2218. 4. Development consent 78/2016 is now subject to the consolidated conditions of consent at Annexure "A". ………………………. Commissioner Gray 98274.17 Gray (C) (382 KB, pdf) 98274.17 Gray - Annexure B Architectural Plans (1.50 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: 07 August 2017