Oros v Wollongong City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Oros v Wollongong City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1084 Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 1 February & 4 March 2016Date of orders: 04 March 2016 Decision date: 04 March 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Morris C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEMOLITION ORDER: timber deck and neighbouring fence, modified order requiring lowering of fence height and wider dimensions of planter box, amended plans address contentions, conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Attila Oros (Applicant) Wollongong City Council (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Mr Michael McMahon, M.S. McMahon & Associates (Applicant) Mr Jeff Reilly of Wollongong City Council (Respondent) File Number(s):10992 of 2015Publication 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...