Tobin v City of Canada Bay Council [2018] NSWLEC 1533

Land and Environment Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tobin v City of Canada Bay Council [2018] NSWLEC 1533 Hearing dates: Conciliation conference on 26 September 2018 Date of orders: 04 October 2018 Decision date: 04 October 2018 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: Brett Tobin (Applicant) City of Canada Bay Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S Berveling (Applicant)

Solicitors: Hatzis Cusack Lawyers (Applicant) M Cottom, Pikes & Verekers Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s): 2018/111278 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 appeal is upheld; 2. Approval is granted to modify Development Consent No. 480/2003 dated October 2003 for the Extension of Hotel Trading Hours of the Oxford Hotel at 13 Lyons Road, Drummoyne by modifying the conditions set out in Annexure A, resulting in a consolidated set of conditions set out in Annexure B. ………………………. M Chilcott Commissioner of the Court Annexure A (19.8 KB, pdf) Annexure B (31.1 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: 10 October 2018