Universal Property Group Pty Limited v Blacktown City Council

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Universal Property Group Pty Limited v Blacktown City Council [2016] NSWLEC 1163 Hearing dates:Conciliation conference on 27 November, 22 December 2015, 12 February & 20 April 2016Date of orders: 03 May 2016 Decision date: 03 May 2016 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Morris C Decision: See (4) below Catchwords: DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: Multi dwelling housing, access, impact on Heritage Item, conciliation conference; agreement between the parties; orders Legislation Cited: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Category:Principal judgmentParties: Universal Property Group Pty Ltd (Applicant) Blacktown City Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M Staunton (Applicant) - (Respondent) Solicitors: Ms E Fleming, EJ Fleming Legal (Applicant) Mr S Simington, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers (Respondent) File Number(s):10805 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...