53CNotice of refusal

53C Notice of refusal (1) As soon as practicable after a consent authority determines a development application in accordance with section 53(c), the consent authority must serve a notice of refusal: (a) on the applicant; and (b) on any person (including a local government council) who made a submission in relation to the development application in accordance with section 49. (2) The notice of refusal must be in the approved form, containing the (a) the determination of the consent authority; (b) the reasons for the determination; (c) particulars about the right of review under Part 9.

Planning Act 1999 74 (3) If there is a local government council for the land to which the development application relates, the consent authority must: (a) advise the local government council of the determination; and (b) provide the local government council with a copy of the reasons for the determination. (4) The consent authority must make available for inspection and purchase by the public a copy of the notice of refusal.