Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
240Council to keep a register of development applications and development consents
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240 Council to keep a register of development applications and development consents
240 Council to keep a register of development applications and development consents
(1) This section applies to—
(a) a development application that is made to a council as the consent authority, and
(b) a development consent granted by the council as the consent authority, and
(c) other development applications and development consents that are provided to a council under this Regulation, when the council is not the consent authority.
(2) A council must keep a register containing the following information about each development application—
(a) the registered number of the application,
(b) the day on which the application was made,
(c) the amount of the fees payable in relation to the application,
(d) the day on which the fees were paid,
(e) the day on which the application was determined.
(3) The register must also contain the following information about each development consent—
(a) the name and address of the person to whom the development consent was granted,
(b) the address and folio identifier of the land to which the development consent relates,
(c) the day on which the development consent was granted,
(d) a brief description of the subject matter of the development consent, including a statement about whether the development is residential, commercial, industrial or another kind,
(e) the conditions of the development consent,
(f) the duration of the development consent,
(g) the day on which the development consent became effective,
(h) whether the development consent is revoked, modified or surrendered,
(i) the day on which notice of the grant of the development consent was published on the council’s website for the purposes of the Act, section 4.59,