Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
242Council to keep certain documents relating to development applications and consents
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242 Council to keep certain documents relating to development applications and consents
242 Council to keep certain documents relating to development applications and consents
(1) This section applies to—
(a) a development application that is made to the council as the consent authority, and
(b) a development consent granted by the council as the consent authority, and
(c) other development applications, development consents and documents that are provided to the council under this Regulation, when the council is not the consent authority or the certifier.
(2) A council must keep the following documents, or a copy of the documents, for each development application and each development consent—
(a) the development application,
(b) the post-determination notice given to the applicant under the Act, section 4.18,
(c) an instrument by which some other development consent or existing use right conferred by the Act, Division 4.11 has been modified or surrendered,
(d) a decision of the Court in relation to a development consent granted by the Court on appeal from the determination of the council,
(e) a recommendation made by a relevant employee of the council in relation to the determination of the application,
(f) if the development consent is revoked, modified or surrendered—the instrument of revocation, modification or surrender,
(g) the notification of the determination to issue a related construction certificate or subdivision works certificate, including—
(i) any construction certificate or subdivision works certificate issued, and
(ii) the related plans and specifications and other documents that were given to the council,
(h) the notice of the grant of the development consent published on the council’s website for the purposes of the Act, section 4.59,
(i) the notification of the appointment of the principal certifier,
(j) the notification of the commencement of building work or subdivision work,