20Applications—staged building work

20 Applications—staged building work

20 Applications—staged building work

(1) This section applies to an application for a building approval for staged building work.

(2) The application for building approval may be made for only part (a stage) of the staged building work.

(3) A separate application for building approval must be made for each stage of the staged building work.

(4) Each building approval for staged building work relates only to the building work specified for the particular stage.

(5) The approval authority must consider the impact of other stages of the building work when deciding each application for a building approval for staged building work.

(6) The first application for a building approval in relation to staged building work must include a schedule (a staging schedule) of the proposed stages in which the building work will be carried out.

(7) The staging schedule must be in an approved form.

(8) The regulations may make provision about staged building work, including by—

(a) specifying the period within which all stages must be completed, and

(b) setting out a process for amending a staging schedule.