24Content of development applications

24 Content of development applications

24 Content of development applications

(1) A development application must—

(a) be in the approved form, and

(b) contain all the information and documents required by—

(i) the approved form, and

(ii) the Act or this Regulation, and

Example—

The Act, section 4.12(8) requires a development application for State significant development or designated development to be accompanied by an environmental impact statement.

(c) be submitted on the NSW planning portal.

(2) The fees payable for a development application are specified in Schedule 4 and determined in accordance with Part 13, including additional fees for integrated development, development requiring concurrence and designated development.

(3) A development application is lodged—

(a) on the day on which the fees payable for the development application under this Regulation are paid, or

(b) if the applicant is notified under Part 13 that no fee is required—on the day the applicant submitted the application on the NSW planning portal.

(4) The applicant must be notified through the NSW planning portal that the development application has been lodged.

(5) If the council is not the consent authority, the consent authority must give the council a copy of—

(a) the development application, and

(b) for designated development—the environmental impact statement.