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40 Withdrawal of development applications
> > (1) An applicant may, through the NSW planning portal, withdraw a development application at any time before the application is determined.
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> > (2) An application that is withdrawn is taken never to have been made, except for the purposes of this Regulation, section 57(4) or the Act, Schedule 1.
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> > (3) Immediately after a development application for integrated development or development requiring concurrence is withdrawn, the consent authority must notify, through the NSW planning portal, each relevant approval body or concurrence authority.
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> > (4) Subsection (3) applies only if the consent authority has already notified the approval body under section 42 or the concurrence authority under section 50.