GMR Schembri Pty Ltd v Hawkesbury City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: GMR SCHEMBRI PTY LTD v Hawkesbury City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1328 Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 31 May, 22 June & 6 July 2016Date of orders: 11 August 2016 Decision date: 11 August 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Adam AC Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category:Principal judgmentParties: GMR SCHEMBRI PTY LTD (ACN 085 287 636) (Applicant) HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL (Respondent) Representation: Mr Palmer, Grech & Bannerman Lawyers (Applicant) Ms K McLellan, Marsdens Law Group (Respondent) File Number(s):2016/151609Publication restriction:NoJudgment 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”. 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. In making the orders to give effect to the agreement between the parties, I...