15Approval of development control plans for residential apartment development

15 Approval of development control plans for residential apartment development

15 Approval of development control plans for residential apartment development

(1) The council must not approve a draft development control plan containing provisions that apply to residential apartment development unless the council—

(a) has referred the provisions that relate to design quality to a design review panel constituted for—

(i) the council’s local government area, or

(ii) 2 or more local government areas that include the council’s area, and

(b) has considered the following—

(i) advice received from the design review panel about the provisions,

(ii) the matters specified in Parts 1 and 2 of the Apartment Design Guide.

(2) Subsections (1)(a) and (b)(i) apply only if a design review panel has been constituted for the council’s local governmental area.

(3) This section extends to—

(a) a draft amending development control plan, and

(b) a draft development control plan that the council began preparing before a design review panel was constituted.

s 15: Am 2023 (662), Sch 1[1].