Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2021
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91 Time for determining development applications
91 Time for determining development applications
(1) A consent authority is taken to have refused development consent if it has not determined the development application within the assessment period calculated in accordance with this Division.
(2) The assessment period is 60 days for a development application—
(a) for designated development, or
(b) for integrated development, other than integrated development that is Class 1 aquaculture development, or
(c) for development requiring concurrence, or
(d) that is accompanied by a biodiversity development assessment report under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 that proposes to reduce the number of biodiversity credits required to be retired.
(3) The assessment period is 90 days for a development application for State significant development.
(4) The assessment period is 40 days for all other development applications, other than a Crown development application referred to in section 95.