Australia, July 10 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 11:
1. This class 1 appeal is brought under s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) following the deemed refusal by Northern Beaches Council of development application DA2024/0944.
The Court arranged a conciliation conference under s 34(1) of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (LEC Act) between the parties, at which I presided on 26 February 2025.
At the conciliation conference, the parties reached in-principle agreement as to the scope of amendments required for the parties to reach terms of a decision in the proceedings that would be acceptable to the parties, subject to time being granted f...