Planning Regulation 2017
sec.21Assessment manager for development applications— Act , s 48
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sec.21 Assessment manager for development applications— Act , s 48
This section prescribes, for section 48 (1) of the Act , the assessment manager for a development application. For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a wind farm and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a wind farm and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. For a development application for— a material change of use of premises that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 4 , division 1 and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 4 , division 1 and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a relevant solar farm and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a relevant solar farm and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a battery storage facility that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 2 , division 1 and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a battery storage facility that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 2 , division 1 and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. For a development application other than an application stated in any of subsections (2) to (5) , schedule 8 , column 2 states the assessment manager for the application stated opposite the assessment manager in column 1. In this section— prescribed assessable development means assessable development for which, if a separate development application were made for the development, the chief executive would be the prescribed assessment manager. s 21 amd 2017 SL No. 141 s 15 ; 2017 SL No. 201 s 3 ; 2019 Act No. 11 s 231 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2025 SL No. 80 s 10 ; 2025 SL No. 163 s 6 (sec.21-ssec.1) This section prescribes, for section 48 (1) of the Act , the assessment manager for a development application. (sec.21-ssec.2) For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a wind farm and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a wind farm and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. (sec.21-ssec.3) For a development application for— a material change of use of premises that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 4 , division 1 and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 4 , division 1 and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. (sec.21-ssec.4) For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a relevant solar farm and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a relevant solar farm and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. (sec.21-ssec.5) For a development application for— a material change of use of premises for a battery storage facility that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 2 , division 1 and no other assessable development, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or a material change of use of premises for a battery storage facility that is assessable development under schedule 10 , part 2 , division 1 and other assessable development— if the other assessable development is prescribed assessable development only, the assessment manager is the chief executive; or otherwise—the assessment manager is the entity decided by the Minister. (sec.21-ssec.6) For a development application other than an application stated in any of subsections (2) to (5) , schedule 8 , column 2 states the assessment manager for the application stated opposite the assessment manager in column 1. (sec.21-ssec.7) In this section— prescribed assessable development means assessable development for which, if a separate development application were made for the development, the chief executive would be the prescribed assessment manager.