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Planning Act 1999
53Determination of development application
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53 Determination of development application As soon as practicable after considering a development application and the matters referred to in sections 51 and 52, the consent authority must determine to: (a) consent, either conditionally or unconditionally, to the proposed development; (b) alter the proposed development in the manner it thinks fit and consent, either conditionally or unconditionally, to the proposed development as altered; or (c) refuse to consent to the proposed development.