Australia, Feb. 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Jan. 14:

1. COMMISSIONER: John Keith, the Applicant, (Keith) has appealed pursuant to s 8.7 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EPA Act) against Randwick City Council's (Council) deemed refusal of development application number 726/2023 (DA). The DA seeks development consent for a three storey dwelling house with basement, swimming pool, associated excavation and landscaping at 49 Mermaid Avenue, Maroubra.

2. The appeal is a residential appeal and in accordance with s 34AA of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (LEC Act), commenced as a conciliation conference. As agreement could not be reached between the parti...