sec.55Applying for a development approval

### sec.55 Applying for a development approval Each application must be made to the council. Each application must be made in the approved form. Each application must be accompanied by the fee decided by the council. The fee must not be more than the actual cost of considering and processing the application. An application complying with subsections (1) , (2) and (3) is a properly made application . The council may refuse to receive an application that is not a properly made application. If the council receives, and after consideration accepts, an application that is not a properly made application, the application is taken to be a properly made application. Subsection (7) does not apply to an application unless the application contains the written consent of the owner of any land to which the application applies. s 55 ins 2003 No. 24 s 25 amd 2012 No. 43 s 259 (sec.55-ssec.1) Each application must be made to the council. (sec.55-ssec.2) Each application must be made in the approved form. (sec.55-ssec.3) Each application must be accompanied by the fee decided by the council. (sec.55-ssec.4) The fee must not be more than the actual cost of considering and processing the application. (sec.55-ssec.5) An application complying with subsections (1) , (2) and (3) is a properly made application . (sec.55-ssec.6) The council may refuse to receive an application that is not a properly made application. (sec.55-ssec.7) If the council receives, and after consideration accepts, an application that is not a properly made application, the application is taken to be a properly made application. (sec.55-ssec.8) Subsection (7) does not apply to an application unless the application contains the written consent of the owner of any land to which the application applies.