Orion Consulting Engineers v Blacktown City Council [2019] NSWLEC 1417

Orion Consulting Engineers v Blacktown City Council [2019] NSWLEC 1417

The Court was satisfied that the development complied with the relevant jurisdictional prerequisites, including the Growth Centres SEPP zoning and lot size requirements and the Remediation SEPP requirement to consider contamination and remediation, and that the parties' agreed decision was one the Court could have...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
06 September 2019
Procedural Posture
Class 1 Development Appeal / Orders Following S 34 Conciliation Conference Agreement
Outcome
Appeal upheld; development application approved subject to conditions.
Legal Topics
['development Appeal' 'deemed Refusal' 'conciliation Conference' 'torrens Title Subdivision' 'jurisdictional Prerequisites' 'remediation of Land']
['planning and Environment' 'development Consent' 'land Subdivision'] ['development Appeal' 'deemed Refusal' 'conciliation Conference' 'torrens Title Subdivision' 'jurisdictional Prerequisites' 'remediation of Land']

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Procedural Posture

Class 1 Development Appeal / Orders Following S 34 Conciliation Conference Agreement

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the parties' agreement reached at the conciliation conference was a decision that the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions under s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979." 'Whether the jurisdictional prerequisites under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006 and State Environmental Planning Policy No 55 – Remediation of Land were satisfied for the proposed subdivision development.']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court was satisfied that the development complied with the relevant jurisdictional prerequisites, including the Growth Centres SEPP zoning and lot size requirements and the Remediation SEPP requirement to consider contamination and remediation, and that the parties' agreed decision was one the Court could have made in the proper exercise of its functions. The Court was therefore required by s 34(3) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 to dispose of the proceedings in accordance with the agreement.

Court Disposition

Appeal upheld; development application approved subject to conditions.

Orders

  • ['The appeal is upheld.' "Development application No. DA-18-01790 for the demolition of existing structures, tree removal and subdivision of 1 in to 41 Torrens title lots, including the construction of roads and infrastructure, on Lot 5, Section Q in Deposited Plan 712, otherwise known as 114 Cranbourne Street,...