Reece Pty Ltd v Blacktown City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Reece Pty Ltd v Blacktown City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1297 Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 6 June, 11 July 2016Date of orders: 11 July 2016 Decision date: 11 July 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Hussey AC Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: Section 121B Order: Non-compliance with car parking, landscaping requirements, and outside storage and display of goods; conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Reece Pty Ltd (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Mr A. Gadiel, Mills Oakley (Applicant) Mr C. Zoppo, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s):163337 of 2016Publication restriction:NoJudgment ACTING 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...