Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Winten (No 21) Pty Ltd v Lake Macquarie City Council & Anor [2017] NSWLEC 1728 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 7 December 2017 Date of orders: 15 December 2017 Decision date: 15 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Dixon 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: Winten (No 21) Pty Ltd (Applicant) Lake Macquarie City Council (First Respondent) Secretary, Department of Planning and Environment (Second Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Ms C Covington, Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Applicant) Ms H Sexton, Lake Macquarie City Council (in house Counsel) (First Respondent) Department of Planning NSW (Submitting appearance) (Second Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/200569 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. Development Application no. 1936/2016 for subdivision of Lot 30 in DP1214525 into 594 residential lots, 2 super lots, 17 drainage reserves, 3 public reserves and 1 local park, associated roads, infrastructure, services, bulk earthworks and the provision of open space is approved, subject to the conditions set out in Annexure "A". ………………………. S Dixon Commissioner of the Court Annexure A (C) (475 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: 18 December 2017