147Determination of development applications and modification applications for residential apartment development

147 Determination of development applications and modification applications for residential apartment development

147 Determination of development applications and modification applications for residential apartment development

(1) Development consent must not be granted to residential apartment development, and a development consent for residential apartment development must not be modified, unless the consent authority has considered the following—

(a) the quality of the design of the development, evaluated in accordance with the design principles for residential apartment development set out in Schedule 9,

(b) the Apartment Design Guide,

(c) any advice received from a design review panel within 14 days after the consent authority referred the development application or modification application to the panel.

(2) The 14-day period referred to in subsection (1)(c) does not increase or otherwise affect the period in which a development application or modification application must be determined by the consent authority.

(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1)(b) does not require a consent authority to require compliance with design criteria specified in the Apartment Design Guide.

(4) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to State significant development.

s 147: Ins 2023 (664), Sch 1[65].