STM 123 No. 7 Pty Ltd as a Trustee for the STM 123 No. 7 Trust v Waverley Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: STM 123 No. 7 Pty Ltd as a Trustee for the STM 123 No. 7 Trust v Waverley Council [2016] NSWLEC 1313 Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 12 February 2016Date of orders: 22 July 2016 Decision date: 22 July 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Tuor 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 judgmentParties: STM 123 No. 7 Pty Ltd (Applicant) Waverley Council (Respondent) Representation: Mr G Green, Pikes & Verekers Lawyers (Applicant) Mr S Patterson, Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie (Respondent) File Number(s):2016/158961Publication 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...