Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Legge and Legge Architects Pty. Ltd. v Council of the City of Ryde [2018] NSWLEC 1462 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 20 & 27 August 2018 Date of orders: 29 August 2018 Decision date: 29 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Class 1 Before: Dickson C Decision: See [4] below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Legge and Legge Architects Pty. Ltd. (Applicant) Council of the City of Ryde (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: P Kapetas, The City of Ryde (Applicant) G McKee, McKees Legal Solutions (Respondent) File Number(s): 2017/263930 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 s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 are: 1. The applicant is granted leave to amend the development application and rely on the amended plans referred to in Condition 1 of Annexure "A" to this agreement. 2. The Appeal is upheld. 3. Development Application LDA2016/0607 for the demolition of all existing structures and construction of a multi-dwelling housing development comprising 10 dwellings at 270-272 Quarry Road, Ryde, NSW, is approved subject to the conditions set out in Annexure "A" to this agreement. 4. In accordance with the Orders made by the Court on 13 July 2018, the applicant is to pay the respondent's costs thrown away pursuant to s 8.15(3) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, as agreed or assessed, in relation to the plans substituted in the Notice of Motion filed with the Court on 5 July 2018. ………………………. D Dickson Commissioner of the Court Annexure A (88.2 KB, pdf) Amended Plans (4.51 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: 03 September 2018